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File issues as desired, but if you've found a problem
with how kustomize build works, please report:
kustomize version,kustomization.yaml
and any files it refers to),go installedkustomize has a simple test harness in the krusty package for specifying a kustomization's input and the expected output.
Copy one of those tests, e.g. this reusable custom transformer test, to a new test file in the krusty package.
Insert the inputs you want to use, and run it as you'd run the reusable custom transformer test:
(cd api; go test -run TestReusableCustomTransformers ./krusty)
The output will demonstrate the bug or missing feature.
Record this output in the test file in a call to
AssertActualEqualsExpected, per all the other tests
in the krusty package. This makes the test pass,
albeit with output demonstrating behavior you
presumably want to change.
Send the new test in a PR, along with commentary (in the test) on what you'd prefer to see. You can refer to this example PR
The person who fixes the bug then has a clear bug reproduction and a test to modify when the bug is fixed.
Any bug fix first requires a test demonstrating the bug (so we have permanent regression coverage), so if the bug reporter does this, it saves time and avoids misunderstandings.