Request reconcile using patch instead of update

This should prevent the generation of the object getting bumped, as
observed on a GKE K8s 1.18 cluster using the  logic before this commit.

We only want to generation to increase when there are actual changes to
the `spec` of a resource, as some controllers use the `generation`
value to make assumptions about what they should do during a
reconciliation.

Signed-off-by: Hidde Beydals <hello@hidde.co>

cmd/flux/alert_provider.go

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ func (a alertProviderAdapter) asClientObject() client.Object {
 	return a.Provider
 }
 
+func (a alertProviderAdapter) deepCopyClientObject() client.Object {
+	return a.Provider.DeepCopy()
+}
+
 // notificationv1.Provider
 
 type alertProviderListAdapter struct {