Helm flags for Global, Install and Upgrade helm commands

docs/content/en/schemas/v1beta6.json

@@ -492,11 +492,42 @@
           },
           "type": "array",
           "description": "a list of Helm releases."
+        },
+        "flags": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/HelmDeployFlags",
+          "description": "Optional flags to send to the helm command"
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "description": "(beta) uses the <code>helm</code> CLI to apply the charts to the cluster."
     },
+    "HelmDeployFlags": {
+      "properties": {
+        "global": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array",
+          "default": "[]"
+        },
+        "install": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array",
+          "default": "[]"
+        },
+        "upgrade": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array",
+          "default": "[]"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "description": "describes additional options flags that are passed on the command line to helm either on every command (Global), on install (Install) or on update (Update)."
+    },
     "KustomizeDeploy": {
       "properties": {
         "path": {

examples/annotated-skaffold.yaml

@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ deploy:
     #   delete: [""]
 
  # helm:
+    # helm can be passed additional option flags either 
+    # on every command (Global), on install (Install) or on upgrade (Upgrade).
+    # flags:
+    #   global: [""]
+    #   install: [""]
+    #   upgrade: [""]
     # helm releases to deploy.
     # releases:
     # - name: skaffold-helm

pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) Cleanup(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
 
 func (h *HelmDeployer) helm(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, arg ...string) error {
 	args := append([]string{"--kube-context", h.kubeContext}, arg...)
+	args = append(args, h.Flags.Global...)
 
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "helm", args...)
 	cmd.Stdout = out
@@ -169,8 +170,10 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deployRelease(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, r lates
 	var args []string
 	if !isInstalled {
 		args = append(args, "install", "--name", releaseName)
+		args = append(args, h.Flags.Install...)
 	} else {
 		args = append(args, "upgrade", releaseName)
+		args = append(args, h.Flags.Upgrade...)
 		if r.RecreatePods {
 			args = append(args, "--recreate-pods")
 		}

pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/config.go

@@ -342,6 +342,18 @@ type KubectlFlags struct {
 type HelmDeploy struct {
 	// Releases is a list of Helm releases.
 	Releases []HelmRelease `yaml:"releases,omitempty" yamltags:"required"`
+
+	// Optional flags to send to the helm command
+	Flags HelmDeployFlags `yaml:"flags,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// HelmDeployFlags describes additional options flags that are passed on the command
+// line to helm either on every command (Global), on install (Install)
+// or on update (Update).
+type HelmDeployFlags struct {
+	Global  []string `yaml:"global,omitempty"`
+	Install []string `yaml:"install,omitempty"`
+	Upgrade []string `yaml:"upgrade,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // KustomizeDeploy (beta) uses the `kustomize` CLI to "patch" a deployment for a target environment.