changes since v3.12.0

✨ New Features

• Upgraded controller-runtime from v0.16.0 to v0.16.3 ( #3597, #3625, #3665 )
• Added golangci integration to the default scaffold ( #3600 )
• Allowed customization of golangci-lint version in the Makefile ( #3642 )
• Upgraded k8s version from v0.28.1 to v0.28.3 to address CVE-2023-44487 ( #3665 )
• Upgraded kustomize version from v5.1.1 to v5.2.1 ( #3661 )
• Upgraded gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy container image version from v0.14.1 to v0.15.0 ( #3665 )

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Disabled log timestamp ( #3619 )
• Fixed readme content and instructions ( #3628 )
• Fixed yamllint warnings in the scaffolds done under config ( #3634 )
• Fixed uncomment kustomize files config accordingly when webhooks are generated ( #3629 )
• Fixed role and kustomize build when no CRDs are added to the project ( #3627 )
• Stopped generating crd webhooks patches and injections for any CRD/API and projects without webhooks ( #3647 )
• Removed the use of deprecated patchesStrategicMerge ( #3661 )

Thanks to all our contributors!

What's Changed

• add tip for release notes by @camilamacedo86 in #3594
• upgrade controller-runtime from 0.16.0 to 0.16.1 by @camilamacedo86 in #3597
• update summary index to show that declarative is deprecated by @camilamacedo86 in #3593
• fix link best practices by @camilamacedo86 in #3595
• Updating go deps by @camilamacedo86 in #3611
• ✨ add golangci integration to the default scaffold by @camilamacedo86 in #3600
• supplement doc over alpha generate command by @camilamacedo86 in #3602
• 🌱 Bump goreleaser/goreleaser-action from 4 to 5 by @dependabot in #3614
• docs(cert-manager): Change ownership links by @jesse-c in #3610
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3 from 3.11.1 to 3.12.0 in /docs/book/src/simple-external-plugin-tutorial/testdata/sampleexternalplugin/v1 by @dependabot in #3615
• Update docs for using Decoder with Core Type Webhook by @phenixblue in #3613
• Improvements in the Documentation by @semihbkgr in #3606
• runtime error on darwin arm64 machine: killed by @lowang-bh in #3584
• unify promethuse-operator url by @lowang-bh in #3620
•  fix: disable log timestamp by @lowang-bh in #3619
• 📖 Add Make install workaround  by @Sajiyah-Salat in #3543
• update controller-runtime to 0.16.2 by @lowang-bh in #3625
• Add getting started doc by @camilamacedo86 in #3596
• (go/v4): fix readme content and instructions by @camilamacedo86 in #3628
• fix and improve samples as add further coverage by @camilamacedo86 in #3616
• (kustomize/v1,go/v4): Fix yamllint warnings in the scaffolds done under config.  by @MaGaroo in #3634
• 🌱 Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #3637
• Bump github.com/spf13/afero from 1.9.5 to 1.10.0 by @dependabot in #3635
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.12.0 to 2.12.1 by @dependabot in #3636
• Update kubebuilder demo svg in README by @MaGaroo in #3638
• 🐛  (kustomize/v2,go/v4): fix uncomment kustomize files config accordinly when webhooks are generate by @camilamacedo86 in #3629
• 📖 add info about status and webhooks by @camilamacedo86 in #3612
• 📖 Fix variable reference in docs by @vaibhavkhurana2018 in #3641
• 📖 Clarify plugin executable locations by @tomasaschan in #3643
• ✨ (go/v4) allow golangci-lint version into the Makefile to be customizable by @redhatrises in #3642
• fix testdata get outdated by @camilamacedo86 in #3645
• (kustomize/v2, go/v4): fix role and kustomize build when no CRDs are added to the project by @camilamacedo86 in #3627
• add link from k8s to clarify admission webhooks by @camilamacedo86 in #3648
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.27.10 to 1.28.0 by @dependabot in #3650
• fix lint issue by @camilamacedo86 in #3656
• Bump golang.org/x/tools from 0.13.0 to 0.14.0 by @dependabot in #3654
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.12.1 to 2.13.0 by @dependabot in #3653
• 🌱 Bump kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder-release-tools from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0 by @dependabot in #3655
• 🐛 stop to generate crd webhooks patches and cainjetions for any CRD/API and projects without webhooks by @camilamacedo86 in #3647
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.16.0 to 0.17.0 by @dependabot in #3658
• Addressing Deprecated Manager Options by @buraksekili in #3664
• [fix]: Bump patch version of k8s deps to address CVE-2023-44487 by @varshaprasad96 in #3665
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.28.0 to 1.28.1 by @dependabot in #3669
• (kustomize/v2,go/v4): Remove use of deprecated patchesStrategicMerge / Upgrade kustomize version from v5.1.1 to v5.2.1 by @MaGaroo in #3661
• Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.28.1 to 1.29.0 by @dependabot in #3673
• Bump sigs.k8s.io/yaml from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 by @dependabot in #3674

New Contributors

• @jesse-c made their first contribution in #3610
• @phenixblue made their first contribution in #3613
• @semihbkgr made their first contribution in #3606
• @MaGaroo made their first contribution in #3634
• @vaibhavkhurana2018 made their first contribution in #3641
• @tomasaschan made their first contribution in #3643

Full Changelog: v3.12.0...v3.13.0