Add transparent init

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/build.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func doBuild(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
 		buildOut = ioutil.Discard
 	}
 
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		bRes, err := r.Build(ctx, buildOut, targetArtifacts(opts, configs))
 
 		if quietFlag || buildOutputFlag != "" {

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/build_test.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (r *mockRunner) Stop() error {
 }
 
 func TestTagFlag(t *testing.T) {
-	mockCreateRunner := func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+	mockCreateRunner := func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 		return &mockRunner{}, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{}}, nil
 	}
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestTagFlag(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestQuietFlag(t *testing.T) {
-	mockCreateRunner := func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+	mockCreateRunner := func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 		return &mockRunner{}, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{}}, nil
 	}
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestQuietFlag(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFileOutputFlag(t *testing.T) {
-	mockCreateRunner := func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+	mockCreateRunner := func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 		return &mockRunner{}, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{}}, nil
 	}
 
@@ -177,16 +177,16 @@ func TestFileOutputFlag(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunBuild(t *testing.T) {
-	errRunner := func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+	errRunner := func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 		return nil, nil, errors.New("some error")
 	}
-	mockCreateRunner := func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+	mockCreateRunner := func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 		return &mockRunner{}, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{}}, nil
 	}
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		description string
-		mock        func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error)
+		mock        func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error)
 		shouldErr   bool
 	}{
 		{

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/debug_test.go

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestNewCmdDebug(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDebugIndependentFromDev(t *testing.T) {
 	mockRunner := &mockDevRunner{}
 	testutil.Run(t, "DevDebug", func(t *testutil.T) {
-		t.Override(&createRunner, func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+		t.Override(&createRunner, func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 			return mockRunner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{}}, nil
 		})
 		t.Override(&opts, config.SkaffoldOptions{})

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/delete.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewCmdDelete() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func doDelete(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, _ []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, _ []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		return r.Cleanup(ctx, out)
 	})
 }

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/deploy.go

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func NewCmdDeploy() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func doDeploy(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		if opts.SkipRender {
 			return r.DeployAndLog(ctx, out, []build.Artifact{})
 		}

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/dev.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func runDev(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return nil
 		default:
-			err := withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+			err := withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 				var artifacts []*latest.Artifact
 				for _, cfg := range configs {
 					artifacts = append(artifacts, cfg.Build.Artifacts...)

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/dev_test.go

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestDoDev(t *testing.T) {
 				hasDeployed: test.hasDeployed,
 				errDev:      context.Canceled,
 			}
-			t.Override(&createRunner, func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+			t.Override(&createRunner, func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 				return mockRunner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{}}, nil
 			})
 			t.Override(&opts, config.SkaffoldOptions{
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func TestDevConfigChange(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.Run(t, "test config change", func(t *testutil.T) {
 		mockRunner := &mockConfigChangeRunner{}
 
-		t.Override(&createRunner, func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+		t.Override(&createRunner, func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 			return mockRunner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{}}, nil
 		})
 		t.Override(&opts, config.SkaffoldOptions{

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/diagnose.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewCmdDiagnose() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func doDiagnose(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
-	runCtx, configs, err := runContext(opts)
+	runCtx, configs, err := runContext(out, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/filter.go

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func NewCmdFilter() *cobra.Command {
 // runFilter loads the Kubernetes manifests from stdin and applies the debug transformations.
 // Unlike `skaffold debug`, this filtering affects all images and not just the built artifacts.
 func runFilter(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, debuggingFilters bool, buildArtifacts []build.Artifact) error {
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		manifestList, err := manifest.Load(os.Stdin)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("loading manifests: %w", err)

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/flags.go

@@ -460,6 +460,22 @@ var flagRegistry = []Flag{
 		FlagAddMethod: "Var",
 		DefinedOn:     []string{"test", "deploy"},
 	},
+	{
+		Name:          "try-transparent-init",
+		Usage:         "If true, skaffold will try to create a config for the user's run if it doesn't find one",
+		Value:         &opts.TryTransparentInit,
+		DefValue:      true,
+		FlagAddMethod: "BoolVar",
+		DefinedOn:     []string{"debug", "dev", "run"},
+	},
+	{
+		Name:          "skip-confirmation",
+		Usage:         "If true, skaffold will skip yes/no confirmation from the user and default to yes",
+		Value:         &opts.SkipConfirmation,
+		DefValue:      false,
+		FlagAddMethod: "BoolVar",
+		DefinedOn:     []string{"debug", "dev", "run"},
+	},
 }
 
 func methodNameByType(v reflect.Value) string {

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/generate_pipeline.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func NewCmdGeneratePipeline() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func doGeneratePipeline(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		if err := r.GeneratePipeline(ctx, out, configs, configFiles, "pipeline.yaml"); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("generating : %w", err)
 		}

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/render.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func doRender(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
 		buildOut = out
 	}
 
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		var bRes []build.Artifact
 
 		if renderFromBuildOutputFile.String() != "" {

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/run.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewCmdRun() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func doRun(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		bRes, err := r.Build(ctx, out, targetArtifacts(opts, configs))
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to build: %w", err)

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/run_test.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (r *mockRunRunner) DeployAndLog(context.Context, io.Writer, []build.Artifac
 func TestBuildImageFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.Run(t, "", func(t *testutil.T) {
 		mockRunner := &mockRunRunner{}
-		t.Override(&createRunner, func(config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+		t.Override(&createRunner, func(io.Writer, config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
 			return mockRunner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{{
 				Pipeline: latest.Pipeline{
 					Build: latest.BuildConfig{

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/runner.go

@@ -20,13 +20,17 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/color"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/config"
 	sErrors "github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/errors"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/event"
+	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/initializer"
+	initConfig "github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/initializer/config"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/instrumentation"
 	kubectx "github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/kubernetes/context"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/runner"
@@ -42,8 +46,8 @@ import (
 // For tests
 var createRunner = createNewRunner
 
-func withRunner(ctx context.Context, action func(runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error) error {
-	runner, config, err := createRunner(opts)
+func withRunner(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, action func(runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error) error {
+	runner, config, err := createRunner(out, opts)
 	sErrors.SetSkaffoldOptions(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -55,8 +59,8 @@ func withRunner(ctx context.Context, action func(runner.Runner, []*latest.Skaffo
 }
 
 // createNewRunner creates a Runner and returns the SkaffoldConfig associated with it.
-func createNewRunner(opts config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
-	runCtx, configs, err := runContext(opts)
+func createNewRunner(out io.Writer, opts config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+	runCtx, configs, err := runContext(out, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -71,10 +75,61 @@ func createNewRunner(opts config.SkaffoldOptions) (runner.Runner, []*latest.Skaf
 	return runner, configs, nil
 }
 
-func runContext(opts config.SkaffoldOptions) (*runcontext.RunContext, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+func runContext(out io.Writer, opts config.SkaffoldOptions) (*runcontext.RunContext, []*latest.SkaffoldConfig, error) {
+	configs, pipelines, err := skaffoldConfig(out, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Should support per-config kubecontext. Right now we constrain all configs to define the same kubecontext.
+	kubectx.ConfigureKubeConfig(opts.KubeConfig, opts.KubeContext, configs[0].Deploy.KubeContext)
+
+	if err := validation.Process(configs); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid skaffold config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	runCtx, err := runcontext.GetRunContext(opts, pipelines)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("getting run context: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := validation.ProcessWithRunContext(runCtx); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid skaffold config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return runCtx, configs, nil
+}
+
+func setDefaultDeployer(configs []util.VersionedConfig) bool {
+	// set the default deployer only if no deployer is explicitly specified in any config
+	for _, cfg := range configs {
+		if cfg.(*latest.SkaffoldConfig).Deploy.DeployType != (latest.DeployType{}) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// skaffoldConfig will try to parse the given opts.ConfigurationFile. If not found, it will try to automatically generate a config for the user
+func skaffoldConfig(out io.Writer, opts config.SkaffoldOptions) ([]*latest.SkaffoldConfig, []latest.Pipeline, error) {
 	parsed, err := schema.ParseConfigAndUpgrade(opts.ConfigurationFile, latest.Version)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(errors.Unwrap(err)) {
+			if opts.TryTransparentInit && initializer.ValidCmd(opts) {
+				color.Default.Fprintf(out, "Skaffold config file %s not found - Trying to create one for you...\n", opts.ConfigurationFile)
+				config, err := initializer.Transparent(context.Background(), out, initConfig.Config{Opts: opts})
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to generate skaffold config file automatically - try running `skaffold init`: %w", err)
+				}
+				if config == nil {
+					return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("user not continuing")
+				}
+
+				defaults.Set(config, true)
+
+				return []*latest.SkaffoldConfig{config}, []latest.Pipeline{config.Pipeline}, nil
+			}
+
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("skaffold config file %s not found - check your current working directory, or try running `skaffold init`", opts.ConfigurationFile)
 		}
 
@@ -105,33 +160,7 @@ func runContext(opts config.SkaffoldOptions) (*runcontext.RunContext, []*latest.
 		configs = append(configs, config)
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Should support per-config kubecontext. Right now we constrain all configs to define the same kubecontext.
-	kubectx.ConfigureKubeConfig(opts.KubeConfig, opts.KubeContext, configs[0].Deploy.KubeContext)
-
-	if err := validation.Process(configs); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid skaffold config: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	runCtx, err := runcontext.GetRunContext(opts, pipelines)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("getting run context: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := validation.ProcessWithRunContext(runCtx); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid skaffold config: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return runCtx, configs, nil
-}
-
-func setDefaultDeployer(configs []util.VersionedConfig) bool {
-	// set the default deployer only if no deployer is explicitly specified in any config
-	for _, cfg := range configs {
-		if cfg.(*latest.SkaffoldConfig).Deploy.DeployType != (latest.DeployType{}) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
+	return configs, pipelines, nil
 }
 
 func warnIfUpdateIsAvailable() {

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/runner_test.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func TestCreateNewRunner(t *testing.T) {
 				Write("skaffold.yaml", fmt.Sprintf("apiVersion: %s\nkind: Config\n%s", latest.Version, test.config)).
 				Chdir()
 
-			_, _, err := createNewRunner(test.options)
+			_, _, err := createNewRunner(ioutil.Discard, test.options)
 
 			t.CheckError(test.shouldErr, err)
 			if test.expectedError != "" {

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func NewCmdTest() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func doTest(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
-	return withRunner(ctx, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
+	return withRunner(ctx, out, func(r runner.Runner, configs []*latest.SkaffoldConfig) error {
 		var artifacts []*latest.Artifact
 		for _, c := range configs {
 			artifacts = append(artifacts, c.Build.Artifacts...)