Kubectl Plugins

Enhancement Description

• One-line enhancement description (can be used as a release note): Kubectl Plugins
• Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal:

This proposal introduces the main design for a plugin mechanism in kubectl.
The mechanism is a git-style system, that looks for executables on a user's $PATH whose name begins with kubectl-.
This allows plugin binaries to override existing command paths and add custom commands and subcommands to kubectl.

• Discussion Link:
• Primary contact (assignee): @juanvallejo, @pwittrock, @deads2k, @liggitt, @soltysh
• Responsible SIGs: sig-cli
• Enhancement target (which target equals to which milestone):
  • Alpha release target (x.y):
  • Beta release target (x.y):
  • Stable release target (x.y):
• Alpha
  • KEP (k/enhancements) update PR(s):
  • Code (k/k) update PR(s):
  • Docs (k/website) update PR(s):

This plugin design closely follows major aspects of the plugin system design for git.

Please keep this description up to date. This will help the Enhancement Team to track the evolution of the enhancement efficiently.

#2378 created for migrating the old keps into new template.

[soltysh]

/sig cli
/assign

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[soltysh]

This was needed for KEP migration, but the mechanism is already completed and GA.
/close

[k8s-ci-robot]

@soltysh: Closing this issue.

In response to this:

This was needed for KEP migration, but the mechanism is already completed and GA.
/close

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