Adding back the INIT stuff,

The sidecar stuff was never added into K8s:
kubernetes/enhancements#753 (comment)

reloader.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import requests
 
-
+INIT = os.environ.get("RELOADER_INIT", False)
 NAMESPACE = os.environ.get("RELOADER_NAMESPACE", "default")
 CONFIGMAP = os.environ.get("RELOADER_CONFIGMAP")
 SECRET = os.environ.get("RELOADER_SECRET")
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ def reload():
     elif PIDFILE:
         print("PIDFILE:   %s" % ENDPOINT)
         print("SIGNAL:    %i" % SIGNAL)
-    for e_type, e_object in watch():
+    stream = watch()
+    if not INIT:
+        next(stream)
+    for e_type, e_object in stream:
         update(e_object)
+        if INIT:
+            break
         reload()