Concept: encrypt init command for SOPS bootstrap

Signed-off-by: Hidde Beydals <hello@hidde.co>
2026-03-01 19:26:55 +00:00 · 2021-07-13 00:38:46 +02:00
367 changed files with 2149 additions and 15209 deletions
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve Flux v2
+title: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+<!--
+
+Find out more about your support options and getting help at
+
+   https://fluxcd.io/support/
+
+-->
+
+### Describe the bug
+
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+### To Reproduce
+
+Steps to reproduce the behaviour:
+
+1. Provide Flux install instructions
+2. Provide a GitHub repository with Kubernetes manifests
+
+### Expected behavior
+
+A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
+
+### Additional context
+
+- Kubernetes version:
+- Git provider:
+- Container registry provider:
+
+Below please provide the output of the following commands:
+
+```cli
+flux --version
+flux check
+kubectl -n <namespace> get all
+kubectl -n <namespace> logs deploy/source-controller
+kubectl -n <namespace> logs deploy/kustomize-controller
+```
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
---
-name: Bug report
-description: Create a report to help us improve Flux
-body:
- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      ## Support
-      Find out more about your support options and getting help at: https://fluxcd.io/support/
- type: textarea
-  validations:
-    required: true
-  attributes:
-    label: Describe the bug
-    description: A clear description of what the bug is.
- type: textarea
-  validations:
-    required: true
-  attributes:
-    label: Steps to reproduce
-    description: |
-      Steps to reproduce the problem.
-    placeholder: |
-      For example:
-      1. Install Flux with the additional image automation controllers
-      2. Run command '...'
-      3. See error
- type: textarea
-  validations:
-    required: true
-  attributes:
-    label: Expected behavior
-    description: A brief description of what you expected to happen.
- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Screenshots and recordings
-    description: |
-      If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem. You can also record an asciinema session: https://asciinema.org/
- type: input
-  validations:
-    required: true
-  attributes:
-    label: OS / Distro
-    description: The OS / distro you are executing `flux` on. If not applicable, write `N/A`.
-    placeholder: e.g. Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04, Arch Linux, macOS 10.15...
- type: input
-  validations:
-    required: true
-  attributes:
-    label: Flux version
-    description: Run `flux version --client`. If not applicable, write `N/A`.
-    placeholder: e.g. v0.20.1
- type: textarea
-  validations:
-    required: true
-  attributes:
-    label: Flux check
-    description: Run `flux check`. If not applicable, write `N/A`.
-    placeholder: |
-      For example:
-      ► checking prerequisites
-      ✔ Kubernetes 1.21.1 >=1.19.0-0
-      ► checking controllers
-      ✔ all checks passed
- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Git provider
-    description: If applicable, add the Git provider you are having problems with, e.g. GitHub (Enterprise), GitLab, etc.
- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Container Registry provider
-    description: If applicable, add the Container Registry provider you are having problems with, e.g. DockerHub, GitHub Packages, Quay.io, etc.
- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional context
-    description: Add any other context about the problem here. This can be logs (e.g. output from `flux logs`), environment specific caveats, etc.
- type: checkboxes
-  id: terms
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: By submitting this issue, you agree to follow our [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/fluxcd/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
-      required: true
--- a/.github/aur/flux-bin/.SRCINFO.template
+++ b/.github/aur/flux-bin/.SRCINFO.template
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pkgbase = flux-bin
 	arch = armv7h
 	arch = aarch64
 	license = APACHE
+	optdepends = kubectl
 	source_x86_64 = flux-bin-${PKGVER}.tar.gz::https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/download/v1/flux_${PKGVER}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
 	source_armv6h = flux-bin-${PKGVER}.tar.gz::https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/download/v1/flux_${PKGVER}_linux_arm.tar.gz
 	source_armv7h = flux-bin-${PKGVER}.tar.gz::https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/download/v1/flux_${PKGVER}_linux_arm.tar.gz
--- a/.github/aur/flux-bin/PKGBUILD.template
+++ b/.github/aur/flux-bin/PKGBUILD.template
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ pkgdesc="Open and extensible continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes"
 url="https://fluxcd.io/"
 arch=("x86_64" "armv6h" "armv7h" "aarch64")
 license=("APACHE")
-optdepends=('bash-completion: auto-completion for flux in Bash',
+optdepends=('kubectl: for apply actions on the Kubernetes cluster',
+'bash-completion: auto-completion for flux in Bash',
 'zsh-completions: auto-completion for flux in ZSH')
 source_x86_64=(
  "${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/download/v${pkgver}/flux_${pkgver}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
--- a/.github/aur/flux-go/.SRCINFO.template
+++ b/.github/aur/flux-go/.SRCINFO.template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pkgbase = flux-go
 	license = APACHE
 	makedepends = go
 	depends = glibc
+	optdepends = kubectl
 	provides = flux-bin
 	conflicts = flux-bin
  replaces = flux-cli
--- a/.github/aur/flux-go/PKGBUILD.template
+++ b/.github/aur/flux-go/PKGBUILD.template
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ provides=("flux-bin")
 conflicts=("flux-bin")
 replaces=("flux-cli")
 depends=("glibc")
-makedepends=('go>=1.17', 'kustomize>=3.0')
-optdepends=('bash-completion: auto-completion for flux in Bash',
+makedepends=('go>=1.16', 'kustomize>=3.0')
+optdepends=('kubectl: for apply actions on the Kubernetes cluster',
+'bash-completion: auto-completion for flux in Bash',
 'zsh-completions: auto-completion for flux in ZSH')
 source=(
  "${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
@@ -30,20 +31,12 @@ build() {
  export CGO_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
  export CGO_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
  export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
-  make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
+  ./manifests/scripts/bundle.sh "${PWD}/manifests" "${PWD}/cmd/flux/manifests"
  go build -ldflags "-linkmode=external -X main.VERSION=${pkgver}" -o ${_srcname} ./cmd/flux
 }

 check() {
  cd "flux2-${pkgver}"
-  case $CARCH in
-    aarch64)
-      export ENVTEST_ARCH=arm64
-      ;;
-    armv6h|armv7h)
-      export ENVTEST_ARCH=arm
-      ;;
-  esac
  make test
 }

--- a/.github/aur/flux-scm/.SRCINFO.template
+++ b/.github/aur/flux-scm/.SRCINFO.template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pkgbase = flux-scm
 	license = APACHE
 	makedepends = go
 	depends = glibc
+	optdepends = kubectl
 	provides = flux-bin
 	conflicts = flux-bin
 	source = git+https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2.git
--- a/.github/aur/flux-scm/PKGBUILD.template
+++ b/.github/aur/flux-scm/PKGBUILD.template
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ license=("APACHE")
 provides=("flux-bin")
 conflicts=("flux-bin")
 depends=("glibc")
-makedepends=('go>=1.17', 'kustomize>=3.0', 'git')
-optdepends=('bash-completion: auto-completion for flux in Bash',
+makedepends=('go>=1.16', 'kustomize>=3.0')
+optdepends=('kubectl: for apply actions on the Kubernetes cluster',
+'bash-completion: auto-completion for flux in Bash',
 'zsh-completions: auto-completion for flux in ZSH')
 source=(
  "git+https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2.git"
@@ -32,20 +33,12 @@ build() {
  export CGO_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
  export CGO_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
  export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
-  make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
+  make cmd/flux/manifests
  go build -ldflags "-linkmode=external -X main.VERSION=${pkgver}" -o ${_srcname} ./cmd/flux
 }

 check() {
  cd "flux2"
-  case $CARCH in
-    aarch64)
-      export ENVTEST_ARCH=arm64
-      ;;
-    armv6h|armv7h)
-      export ENVTEST_ARCH=arm
-      ;;
-  esac
  make test
 }

--- a/.github/runners/README.md
+++ b/.github/runners/README.md
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-# Flux ARM64 GitHub runners
-
-The Flux ARM64 end-to-end tests run on Equinix instances provisioned with Docker and GitHub self-hosted runners.
-
-## Current instances
-
-| Runner        | Instance            | Region |
-|---------------|---------------------|--------|
-| equinix-arm-1 | flux-equinix-arm-01 | AMS1   |
-| equinix-arm-2 | flux-equinix-arm-01 | AMS1   |
-| equinix-arm-3 | flux-equinix-arm-01 | AMS1   |
-| equinix-arm-4 | flux-equinix-arm-02 | DFW2   |
-| equinix-arm-5 | flux-equinix-arm-02 | DFW2   |
-| equinix-arm-6 | flux-equinix-arm-02 | DFW2   |
-
-## Instance setup
-
-In order to add a new runner to the GitHub Actions pool,
-first create a server on Equinix with the following configuration:
- Type: c2.large.arm
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04
-
-### Install prerequisites
-
- SSH into a newly created instance
-```shell
-ssh root@<instance-public-IP>
-``` 
-
- Create the ubuntu user
-```shell
-adduser ubuntu
-usermod -aG sudo ubuntu
-su - ubuntu
-```
-
- Create the prerequisites dir
-```shell
-mkdir -p prereq && cd prereq
-```
-
- Download the prerequisites script
-```shell
-curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/flux2/main/.github/runners/prereq.sh > prereq.sh \
-  && chmod +x ./prereq.sh
-```
-
- Install the prerequisites
-```shell
-sudo ./prereq.sh
-```
-
-### Install runners
-
- Retrieve the GitHub runner token from the repository [settings page](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/settings/actions/runners/new?arch=arm64&os=linux)
-
- Create 3 directories `runner1`, `runner2`, `runner3`
-
- In each dir run:
-```shell
-curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/flux2/main/.github/runners/runner-setup.sh > runner-setup.sh \
-  && chmod +x ./runner-setup.sh
-
-./runner-setup.sh equinix-arm-<NUMBER> <TOKEN>
-```
-
- Reboot the instance
-```shell
-sudo reboot
-```
-
- Navigate to the GitHub repository [runners page](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/settings/actions/runners) and check the runner status
--- a/.github/runners/prereq.sh
+++ b/.github/runners/prereq.sh
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Flux authors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This script installs the prerequisites for running Flux end-to-end tests with Docker and GitHub self-hosted runners.
-
-set -eu
-
-KIND_VERSION=0.11.1
-KUBECTL_VERSION=1.21.2
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION=4.1.3
-HELM_VERSION=3.7.2
-GITHUB_RUNNER_VERSION=2.285.1
-PACKAGES="apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common build-essential libssl-dev gnupg lsb-release jq pkg-config"
-
-# install prerequisites
-apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y -q ${PACKAGES} \
-  && apt-get clean \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# install docker
-curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh \
-  && chmod +x get-docker.sh
-./get-docker.sh
-systemctl enable docker.service
-systemctl enable containerd.service
-usermod -aG docker ubuntu
-
-# install kind
-curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-arm64
-install -o root -g root -m 0755 kind /usr/local/bin/kind
-
-# install kubectl
-curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl"
-install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-
-# install kustomize
-curl -Lo ./kustomize.tar.gz https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize%2Fv${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}/kustomize_v${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}_linux_arm64.tar.gz \
-  && tar -zxvf kustomize.tar.gz \
-  && rm kustomize.tar.gz
-install -o root -g root -m 0755 kustomize /usr/local/bin/kustomize
-
-# install helm
-curl -Lo ./helm.tar.gz https://get.helm.sh/helm-v${HELM_VERSION}-linux-arm64.tar.gz \
-  && tar -zxvf helm.tar.gz \
-  && rm helm.tar.gz
-install -o root -g root -m 0755 linux-arm64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm
-
-# download runner
-curl -o actions-runner-linux-arm64.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${GITHUB_RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${GITHUB_RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz \
-  && tar xzf actions-runner-linux-arm64.tar.gz \
-  && rm actions-runner-linux-arm64.tar.gz
-
-# install runner dependencies
-./bin/installdependencies.sh
--- a/.github/runners/runner-setup.sh
+++ b/.github/runners/runner-setup.sh
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Flux authors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This script installs a GitHub self-hosted ARM64 runner for running Flux end-to-end tests.
-
-set -eu
-
-RUNNER_NAME=$1
-REPOSITORY_TOKEN=$2
-REPOSITORY_URL=${3:-https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2}
-
-GITHUB_RUNNER_VERSION=2.285.1
-
-# download runner
-curl -o actions-runner-linux-arm64.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${GITHUB_RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${GITHUB_RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz \
-  && tar xzf actions-runner-linux-arm64.tar.gz \
-  && rm actions-runner-linux-arm64.tar.gz
-
-# register runner with GitHub
-./config.sh --unattended --url ${REPOSITORY_URL} --token ${REPOSITORY_TOKEN} --name ${RUNNER_NAME}
-
-# start runner
-sudo ./svc.sh install
-sudo ./svc.sh start
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
@@ -17,23 +17,20 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/cache@v1
        with:
          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.16-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.16-
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.16.x
      - name: Setup Kubernetes
        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
-        with:
-          version: v0.11.1
-          image: kindest/node:v1.21.1@sha256:69860bda5563ac81e3c0057d654b5253219618a22ec3a346306239bba8cfa1a6
      - name: Setup Kustomize
        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
      - name: Build
        run: |
-          make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
+          make cmd/flux/manifests
          go build -o /tmp/flux ./cmd/flux
      - name: Set outputs
        id: vars
@@ -64,65 +61,21 @@ jobs:
          --team=team-z
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - name: bootstrap customize
+      - name: uninstall
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux uninstall -s --keep-namespace
+          kubectl delete ns flux-system --timeout=10m --wait=true
+      - name: bootstrap reinstall
        run: |
-          make setup-bootstrap-patch
          /tmp/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/install/ \
          --owner=fluxcd-testing \
          --repository=${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} \
          --branch=main \
          --path=test-cluster \
          --team=team-z
-          if [ $(kubectl get deployments.apps source-controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.securityContext.runAsUser}') != "10000" ]; then
-          echo "Bootstrap not customized as controller is not running as user 10000" && exit 1
-          fi
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_REPO_NAME: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }}
-          GITHUB_ORG_NAME: fluxcd-testing
-      - name: libgit2
-        run: |
-          /tmp/flux create source git test-libgit2 \
-          --url=ssh://git@github.com/fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} \
-          --git-implementation=libgit2 \
-          --secret-ref=flux-system \
-          --branch=main
-      - name: uninstall
-        run: |
-          /tmp/flux uninstall -s --keep-namespace
-          kubectl delete ns flux-system --timeout=10m --wait=true
-      - name: test image automation
-        run: |
-          make setup-image-automation
-          /tmp/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/install/ \
-          --owner=fluxcd-testing \
-          --repository=${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} \
-          --branch=main \
-          --path=test-cluster \
-          --read-write-key
-          /tmp/flux reconcile image repository podinfo
-          /tmp/flux reconcile image update flux-system
-          /tmp/flux get images all
-          
-          retries=10
-          count=0
-          ok=false
-          until ${ok}; do
-              /tmp/flux get image update flux-system | grep 'commit' && ok=true || ok=false
-              count=$(($count + 1))
-              if [[ ${count} -eq ${retries} ]]; then
-                  echo "No more retries left"
-                  exit 1
-              fi
-              sleep 6
-              /tmp/flux reconcile image update flux-system
-          done
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_REPO_NAME: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }}
-          GITHUB_ORG_NAME: fluxcd-testing
      - name: delete repository
-        if: ${{ always() }}
        run: |
          curl \
            -X DELETE \
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
@@ -3,35 +3,107 @@ name: e2e-arm64
 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
-    branches: [ main, update-components, equinix-runners ]
+    branches: [ main, update-components ]

 jobs:
-  test:
-    # Hosted on Equinix
-    # Docs: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/tree/main/.github/runners
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, equinix]
+  ampere:
+    # Runner info
+    # Owner: Stefan Prodan
+    # VM: Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.A1.Flex 4CPU 24GB RAM
+    # OS: Linux 5.4.0-1045-oracle #49-Ubuntu SMP aarch64
+    # Packages: docker, kind, kubectl, kustomize
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.16.x
      - name: Prepare
        id: prep
        run: |
          echo ::set-output name=CLUSTER::arm64-${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}-$(date +%s)
          echo ::set-output name=CONTEXT::kind-arm64-${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}-$(date +%s)
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: make test
+      - name: Check if working tree is dirty
+        run: |
+          if [[ $(git diff --stat) != '' ]]; then
+            git diff
+            echo 'run make test and commit changes'
+            exit 1
+          fi
      - name: Build
        run: |
-          make build
+          go build -o /tmp/flux ./cmd/flux
      - name: Setup Kubernetes Kind
        run: |
-          kind create cluster --name ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }} --kubeconfig=/tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
-      - name: Run e2e tests
-        run: TEST_KUBECONFIG=/tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }} make e2e
+          kind create cluster --name ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
+      - name: flux check --pre
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux check --pre \
+          --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: flux install
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux install \
+          --components-extra=image-reflector-controller,image-automation-controller \
+          --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: flux create source git
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux create source git podinfo-gogit \
+            --git-implementation=go-git \
+            --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo  \
+            --tag-semver=">1.0.0" \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+          /tmp/flux create source git podinfo-libgit2 \
+            --git-implementation=libgit2 \
+            --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo  \
+            --branch="master" \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: flux create kustomization
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux create kustomization podinfo \
+            --source=podinfo-gogit \
+            --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
+            --prune=true \
+            --interval=5m \
+            --validation=client \
+            --health-check="Deployment/frontend.dev" \
+            --health-check="Deployment/backend.dev" \
+            --health-check-timeout=3m \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: flux create tenant
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux create tenant dev-team \
+            --with-namespace=apps \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: flux create helmrelease
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux -n apps create source helm podinfo \
+            --url https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+
+          /tmp/flux -n apps create hr podinfo-helm \
+            --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
+            --chart=podinfo \
+            --chart-version="6.0.x" \
+            --service-account=dev-team \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: flux get all
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux get all --all-namespaces \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: flux uninstall
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux uninstall -s \
+            --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }}
+      - name: Debug failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          kubectl --context ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CONTEXT }} -n flux-system get all
+          /tmp/flux logs --all-namespaces
      - name: Cleanup
        if: always()
        run: |
          kind delete cluster --name ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
-          rm /tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-name: e2e-azure
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron:  '0 6 * * *'
-  push:
-    branches: [ azure* ]
-
-jobs:
-  e2e:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Restore Go cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
-      - name: Install libgit2
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 648ACFD622F3D138
-          sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 0E98404D386FA1D9
-          echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
-          echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades libgit2-dev/unstable zlib1g-dev/unstable libssh2-1-dev/unstable libpcre3-dev/unstable
-      - name: Setup Flux CLI
-        run: |
-          make build
-          mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
-          mv ./bin/flux $HOME/.local/bin
-      - name: Setup SOPS
-        run: |
-          wget https://github.com/mozilla/sops/releases/download/v3.7.1/sops-v3.7.1.linux
-          chmod +x sops-v3.7.1.linux
-          mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
-          mv sops-v3.7.1.linux $HOME/.local/bin/sops
-      - name: Setup Terraform
-        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v1
-        with:
-          terraform_version: 1.0.7
-          terraform_wrapper: false
-      - name: Setup Azure CLI
-        run: |
-          curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
-      - name: Run Azure e2e tests
-        env:
-          ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
-          ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}
-          ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-          ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_TENANT_ID }}
-        run: |
-          echo $HOME
-          echo $PATH
-          ls $HOME/.local/bin
-          az login --service-principal -u ${ARM_CLIENT_ID} -p ${ARM_CLIENT_SECRET} -t ${ARM_TENANT_ID}
-          cd ./tests/azure
-          go test -v -coverprofile cover.out -timeout 60m .
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: e2e

 on:
  push:
-    branches: [ main, e2e* ]
+    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]

@@ -16,29 +16,27 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/cache@v1
        with:
          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.16-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.16-
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.16.x
      - name: Setup Kubernetes
        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
        with:
-          version: v0.11.1
-          image: kindest/node:v1.20.7
+          version: "v0.10.0"
+          image: kindest/node:v1.20.2@sha256:8f7ea6e7642c0da54f04a7ee10431549c0257315b3a634f6ef2fecaaedb19bab
          config: .github/kind/config.yaml # disable KIND-net
      - name: Setup Calico for network policy
        run: |
-          kubectl apply -f https://docs.projectcalico.org/v3.20/manifests/calico.yaml
+          kubectl apply -f https://docs.projectcalico.org/v3.16/manifests/calico.yaml
          kubectl -n kube-system set env daemonset/calico-node FELIX_IGNORELOOSERPF=true
      - name: Setup Kustomize
        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
-      - name: Run tests
+      - name: Run test
        run: make test
-      - name: Run e2e tests
-        run: TEST_KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config make e2e
      - name: Check if working tree is dirty
        run: |
          if [[ $(git diff --stat) != '' ]]; then
@@ -76,13 +74,6 @@ jobs:
            --tag-semver=">=3.2.3" \
            --export | kubectl apply -f -
          /tmp/flux delete source git podinfo-export --silent
-      - name: flux create source git libgit2 semver
-        run: |
-          /tmp/flux create source git podinfo-libgit2 \
-            --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo  \
-            --tag-semver=">=3.2.3" \
-            --git-implementation=libgit2
-          /tmp/flux delete source git podinfo-libgit2 --silent
      - name: flux get sources git
        run: |
          /tmp/flux get sources git
@@ -96,15 +87,10 @@ jobs:
            --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
            --prune=true \
            --interval=5m \
+            --validation=client \
            --health-check="Deployment/frontend.dev" \
            --health-check="Deployment/backend.dev" \
            --health-check-timeout=3m
-      - name: flux trace
-        run: |
-          /tmp/flux trace frontend \
-            --kind=deployment \
-            --api-version=apps/v1 \
-            --namespace=dev
      - name: flux reconcile kustomization --with-source
        run: |
          /tmp/flux reconcile kustomization podinfo --with-source
@@ -178,6 +164,26 @@ jobs:
            --chart=podinfo \
            --chart-version="5.0.x" \
            --service-account=dev-team
+      - name: flux create image repository
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux create image repository podinfo \
+            --image=ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo \
+            --interval=1m
+      - name: flux create image policy
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux create image policy podinfo \
+            --image-ref=podinfo \
+            --interval=1m \
+            --select-semver=5.0.x
+      - name: flux create image policy podinfo-select-alpha
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux create image policy podinfo-alpha \
+            --image-ref=podinfo \
+            --interval=1m \
+            --select-alpha=desc
+      - name: flux get image policy
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux get image policy podinfo | grep '5.0.3'
      - name: flux2-kustomize-helm-example
        run: |
          /tmp/flux create source git flux-system \
@@ -187,14 +193,7 @@ jobs:
          /tmp/flux create kustomization flux-system \
          --source=flux-system \
          --path=./clusters/staging
-          kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/infrastructure --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
-          kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/apps --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
-          kubectl -n nginx wait helmrelease/nginx --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
-          kubectl -n redis wait helmrelease/redis --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
-          kubectl -n podinfo wait helmrelease/podinfo --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
-      - name: flux tree
-        run: |
-          /tmp/flux tree kustomization flux-system | grep Service/podinfo
+          kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/apps --for=condition=ready --timeout=2m
      - name: flux check
        run: |
          /tmp/flux check
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          kubectl version --client --short
          kubectl -n flux-system get all
-          kubectl -n flux-system describe pods
          kubectl -n flux-system get kustomizations -oyaml
          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/source-controller
          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/kustomize-controller
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ on:
  push:
    tags: [ 'v*' ]

-permissions:
-  contents: write # needed to write releases
-  id-token: write # needed for keyless signing
-  packages: write # needed for ghcr access
-
 jobs:
  goreleaser:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -20,18 +15,16 @@ jobs:
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.16.x
      - name: Setup QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+        with:
+          platforms: all
      - name: Setup Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
-      - name: Setup Syft
-        uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@v0
-      - name: Setup Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
-      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
+        with:
+          buildkitd-flags: "--debug"
      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v1
        with:
@@ -43,40 +36,39 @@ jobs:
        with:
          username: fluxcdbot
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Generate manifests
-        run: |
-          make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
-          ./manifests/scripts/bundle.sh "" ./output manifests.tar.gz
-          kustomize build ./manifests/install > ./output/install.yaml
-      - name: Build CRDs
-        run: |
-          kustomize build manifests/crds > all-crds.yaml
-      # Pinned to commit before https://github.com/fluxcd/pkg/pull/189 due to
-      # introduction faulty behavior.
-      - name: Generate OpenAPI JSON schemas from CRDs
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/crdjsonschema@49e26aa2ee9e734c3233c560253fd9542afe18ae
-        with:
-          crd: all-crds.yaml
-          output: schemas
-      - name: Archive the OpenAPI JSON schemas
-        run: |
-          tar -czvf ./output/crd-schemas.tar.gz -C schemas .
      - name: Download release notes utility
        env:
          GH_REL_URL: https://github.com/buchanae/github-release-notes/releases/download/0.2.0/github-release-notes-linux-amd64-0.2.0.tar.gz
        run: cd /tmp && curl -sSL ${GH_REL_URL} | tar xz && sudo mv github-release-notes /usr/local/bin/
      - name: Generate release notes
        run: |
-          NOTES="./output/notes.md"
-          echo '## CLI Changelog' > ${NOTES}
-          github-release-notes -org fluxcd -repo flux2 -since-latest-release -include-author >> ${NOTES}
+          echo 'CHANGELOG' > /tmp/release.txt
+          github-release-notes -org fluxcd -repo toolkit -since-latest-release -include-author >> /tmp/release.txt
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Setup Kustomize
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
+      - name: Generate manifests
+        run: |
+          make cmd/flux/manifests
+          ./manifests/scripts/bundle.sh "" ./output manifests.tar.gz
+          kustomize build ./manifests/install > ./output/install.yaml
+      - name: Build CRDs
+        run: |
+          kustomize build manifests/crds > all-crds.yaml
+      - name: Generate OpenAPI JSON schemas from CRDs
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/crdjsonschema@main
+        with:
+          crd: all-crds.yaml
+          output: schemas
+      - name: Archive the OpenAPI JSON schemas
+        run: |
+          tar -czvf ./output/crd-schemas.tar.gz -C schemas .
      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v1
        with:
          version: latest
-          args: release --release-notes=output/notes.md --skip-validate
+          args: release --release-notes=/tmp/release.txt --skip-validate
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
      - name: Build manifests
        run: |
-          make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
+          make cmd/flux/manifests
      - name: Run Snyk to check for vulnerabilities
        uses: snyk/actions/golang@master
        continue-on-error: true
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.16.x
      - name: Update component versions
        id: update
        run: |
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:

            if [[ "${MOD_VERSION}" != "${LATEST_VERSION}" ]]; then
              go mod edit -require="github.com/fluxcd/$1/api@${LATEST_VERSION}"
-              make tidy
+              rm go.sum
+              go mod tidy
              changed=true
            fi

--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ dist/
 bin/
 output/
 cmd/flux/manifests/
-cmd/flux/.manifests.done
-testbin/

 # Docs
 site/
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -40,36 +40,6 @@ archives:
    format: zip
    files:
      - none*
-source:
-  enabled: true
-  name_template: '{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_source_code'
-sboms:
-  - id: source
-    artifacts: source
-    documents:
-      - "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_sbom.spdx.json"
-release:
-  extra_files:
-    - glob: output/crd-schemas.tar.gz
-    - glob: output/manifests.tar.gz
-    - glob: output/install.yaml
-checksum:
-  extra_files:
-    - glob: output/crd-schemas.tar.gz
-    - glob: output/manifests.tar.gz
-    - glob: output/install.yaml
-signs:
-  - cmd: cosign
-    env:
-      - COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1
-    certificate: '${artifact}.pem'
-    args:
-      - sign-blob
-      - '--output-certificate=${certificate}'
-      - '--output-signature=${signature}'
-      - '${artifact}'
-    artifacts: checksum
-    output: true
 brews:
  - name: flux
    tap:
@@ -79,17 +49,9 @@ brews:
    folder: Formula
    homepage: "https://fluxcd.io/"
    description: "Flux CLI"
-    install: |
-      bin.install "flux"
-
-      bash_output = Utils.safe_popen_read(bin/"flux", "completion", "bash")
-      (bash_completion/"flux").write bash_output
-
-      zsh_output = Utils.safe_popen_read(bin/"flux", "completion", "zsh")
-      (zsh_completion/"_flux").write zsh_output
-
-      fish_output = Utils.safe_popen_read(bin/"flux", "completion", "fish")
-      (fish_completion/"flux.fish").write fish_output
+    dependencies:
+      - name: kubectl
+        type: optional
    test: |
      system "#{bin}/flux --version"
 publishers:
@@ -108,12 +70,17 @@ publishers:
      - AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY={{ .Env.AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
    cmd: |
      .github/aur/flux-go/publish.sh {{ .Version }}
+release:
+  extra_files:
+    - glob: ./output/crd-schemas.tar.gz
+    - glob: ./output/manifests.tar.gz
+    - glob: ./output/install.yaml
 dockers:
 - image_templates:
    - 'fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-amd64'
    - 'ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-amd64'
  dockerfile: Dockerfile
-  use: buildx
+  use_buildx: true
  goos: linux
  goarch: amd64
  build_flag_templates:
@@ -129,7 +96,7 @@ dockers:
    - 'fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-arm64'
    - 'ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-arm64'
  dockerfile: Dockerfile
-  use: buildx
+  use_buildx: true
  goos: linux
  goarch: arm64
  build_flag_templates:
@@ -145,7 +112,7 @@ dockers:
    - 'fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-arm'
    - 'ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-arm'
  dockerfile: Dockerfile
-  use: buildx
+  use_buildx: true
  goos: linux
  goarch: arm
  goarm: 7
@@ -169,12 +136,3 @@ docker_manifests:
    - 'ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-amd64'
    - 'ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-arm64'
    - 'ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-arm'
-docker_signs:
-  - cmd: cosign
-    env:
-      - COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1
-    args:
-      - sign
-      - '${artifact}'
-    artifacts: all
-    output: true
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ you can sign your commit automatically with `git commit -s`.

 For realtime communications we use Slack: To join the conversation, simply
 join the [CNCF](https://slack.cncf.io/) Slack workspace and use the
-[#flux-contributors](https://cloud-native.slack.com/messages/flux-contributors/) channel.
+[#flux-dev](https://cloud-native.slack.com/messages/flux-dev/) channel.

 To discuss ideas and specifications we use [Github
 Discussions](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/discussions).
@@ -63,64 +63,20 @@ To get started with developing controllers, you might want to review
 walks you through writing a short and concise controller that watches out
 for source changes.

-## How to run the test suite
+### How to run the test suite

 Prerequisites:

-* go >= 1.17
-* kubectl >= 1.20
-* kustomize >= 4.4
+* go >= 1.16
+* kubectl >= 1.18
+* kustomize >= 3.1

-Install the [controller-runtime/envtest](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/tree/master/tools/setup-envtest) binaries with:
-
-```bash
-make install-envtest
-```
-
-Then you can run the unit tests with:
+You can run the unit tests by simply doing

 ```bash
 make test
 ```

-After [installing Kubernetes kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start#installation) on your machine,
-create a cluster for testing with:
-
-```bash
-make setup-kind
-```
-
-Then you can run the end-to-end tests with:
-
-```bash
-make e2e
-```
-
-When the output of the Flux CLI changes, to automatically update the golden
-files used in the test, pass `-update` flag to the test as:
-
-```bash
-make e2e TEST_ARGS="-update"
-```
-
-Since not all packages use golden files for testing, `-update` argument must be
-passed only for the packages that use golden files. Use the variables
-`TEST_PKG_PATH` for unit tests and `E2E_TEST_PKG_PATH` for e2e tests, to set the
-path of the target test package:
-
-```bash
-# Unit test
-make test TEST_PKG_PATH="./cmd/flux" TEST_ARGS="-update"
-# e2e test
-make e2e E2E_TEST_PKG_PATH="./cmd/flux" TEST_ARGS="-update"
-```
-
-Teardown the e2e environment with:
-
-```bash
-make cleanup-kind
-```
-
 ## Acceptance policy

 These things will make a PR more likely to be accepted:
--- a/7
+++ b/7
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-FROM alpine:3.15 as builder
+FROM alpine:3.13 as builder

 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl

 ARG ARCH=linux/amd64
-ARG KUBECTL_VER=1.23.1
+ARG KUBECTL_VER=1.20.4

 RUN curl -sL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v${KUBECTL_VER}/bin/${ARCH}/kubectl \
    -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl && \
    kubectl version --client=true

-FROM alpine:3.15 as flux-cli
+FROM alpine:3.13 as flux-cli

 # Create minimal nsswitch.conf file to prioritize the usage of /etc/hosts over DNS queries.
 # https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine/issues/367#issuecomment-354316460
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/kubectl /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --chmod=755 flux /usr/local/bin/

-USER 65534:65534
 ENTRYPOINT [ "flux" ]
--- a/4
+++ b/4
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ should.

 In alphabetical order:

-Aurel Canciu, NexHealth <aurel.canciu@nexhealth.com> (github: @relu, slack: relu)
+Aurel Canciu, Sortlist <aurel@sortlist.com> (github: @relu, slack: relu)
 Hidde Beydals, Weaveworks <hidde@weave.works> (github: @hiddeco, slack: hidde)
-Max Jonas Werner, D2iQ <max@e13.dev> (github: @makkes, slack: max)
 Philip Laine, Xenit <philip.laine@xenit.se> (github: @phillebaba, slack: phillebaba)
 Stefan Prodan, Weaveworks <stefan@weave.works> (github: @stefanprodan, slack: stefanprodan)
-Sunny, Weaveworks <sunny@weave.works> (github: @darkowlzz, slack: darkowlzz)
--- a/78
+++ b/78
@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
-VERSION?=$(shell grep 'VERSION' cmd/flux/main.go | awk '{ print $$4 }' | head -n 1 | tr -d '"')
-EMBEDDED_MANIFESTS_TARGET=cmd/flux/.manifests.done
-TEST_KUBECONFIG?=/tmp/flux-e2e-test-kubeconfig
-# Architecture to use envtest with
-ENVTEST_ARCH ?= amd64
-
-# Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
-ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))
-GOBIN=$(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-else
-GOBIN=$(shell go env GOBIN)
-endif
+VERSION?=$(shell grep 'VERSION' cmd/flux/main.go | awk '{ print $$4 }' | tr -d '"')
+EMBEDDED_MANIFESTS_TARGET=cmd/flux/manifests

 rwildcard=$(foreach d,$(wildcard $(addsuffix *,$(1))),$(call rwildcard,$(d)/,$(2)) $(filter $(subst *,%,$(2)),$(d)))

 all: test build

 tidy:
-	go mod tidy -compat=1.17
-	cd tests/azure && go mod tidy -compat=1.17
+	go mod tidy

 fmt:
 	go fmt ./...
@@ -25,70 +14,17 @@ fmt:
 vet:
 	go vet ./...

-setup-kind:
-	kind create cluster --name=flux-e2e-test --kubeconfig=$(TEST_KUBECONFIG) --config=.github/kind/config.yaml
-	kubectl --kubeconfig=$(TEST_KUBECONFIG) apply -f https://docs.projectcalico.org/v3.16/manifests/calico.yaml
-	kubectl --kubeconfig=$(TEST_KUBECONFIG) -n kube-system set env daemonset/calico-node FELIX_IGNORELOOSERPF=true
-
-cleanup-kind:
-	kind delete cluster --name=flux-e2e-test
-	rm $(TEST_KUBECONFIG)
-
-KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS?="$(shell $(ENVTEST) --arch=$(ENVTEST_ARCH) use -i $(ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION) --bin-dir=$(ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR) -p path)"
-TEST_PKG_PATH="./..."
-test: $(EMBEDDED_MANIFESTS_TARGET) tidy fmt vet install-envtest
-	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$(KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS)" go test $(TEST_PKG_PATH) -coverprofile cover.out --tags=unit $(TEST_ARGS)
-
-E2E_TEST_PKG_PATH="./cmd/flux/..."
-e2e: $(EMBEDDED_MANIFESTS_TARGET) tidy fmt vet
-	TEST_KUBECONFIG=$(TEST_KUBECONFIG) go test $(E2E_TEST_PKG_PATH) -coverprofile e2e.cover.out --tags=e2e -v -failfast $(TEST_ARGS)
-
-test-with-kind: install-envtest
-	make setup-kind
-	make e2e
-	make cleanup-kind
+test: $(EMBEDDED_MANIFESTS_TARGET) tidy fmt vet
+	go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out

 $(EMBEDDED_MANIFESTS_TARGET): $(call rwildcard,manifests/,*.yaml *.json)
 	./manifests/scripts/bundle.sh
-	touch $@

 build: $(EMBEDDED_MANIFESTS_TARGET)
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags="-s -w -X main.VERSION=$(VERSION)" -o ./bin/flux ./cmd/flux
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ./bin/flux ./cmd/flux

-.PHONY: install
 install:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 go install ./cmd/flux
+	go install cmd/flux

 install-dev:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /usr/local/bin ./cmd/flux
-
-setup-bootstrap-patch:
-	go run ./tests/bootstrap/main.go
-
-setup-image-automation:
-	cd tests/image-automation && go run main.go
-
-ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR=$(shell pwd)/testbin
-ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION?=latest
-install-envtest: setup-envtest
-	mkdir -p ${ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR}
-	$(ENVTEST) use $(ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION) --arch=$(ENVTEST_ARCH) --bin-dir=$(ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR)
-
-ENVTEST = $(shell pwd)/bin/setup-envtest
-.PHONY: envtest
-setup-envtest: ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
-	$(call go-install-tool,$(ENVTEST),sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest)
-
-# go-install-tool will 'go install' any package $2 and install it to $1.
-PROJECT_DIR := $(shell dirname $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-define go-install-tool
-@[ -f $(1) ] || { \
-set -e ;\
-TMP_DIR=$$(mktemp -d) ;\
-cd $$TMP_DIR ;\
-go mod init tmp ;\
-echo "Downloading $(2)" ;\
-GOBIN=$(PROJECT_DIR)/bin go install $(2) ;\
-rm -rf $$TMP_DIR ;\
-}
-endef
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,15 +20,59 @@ Flux v2 is constructed with the [GitOps Toolkit](#gitops-toolkit), a
 set of composable APIs and specialized tools for building Continuous
 Delivery on top of Kubernetes.

-Flux is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation ([CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/)) project.
+## Flux installation

-## Quickstart and documentation
+With [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) for macOS and Linux:

-To get started check out this [guide](https://fluxcd.io/docs/get-started/)
-on how to bootstrap Flux on Kubernetes and deploy a sample application in a GitOps manner.
+```sh
+brew install fluxcd/tap/flux
+```

-For more comprehensive documentation, see the following guides:
- [Ways of structuring your repositories](https://fluxcd.io/docs/guides/repository-structure/)
+With [GoFish](https://gofi.sh) for Windows, macOS and Linux:
+
+```sh
+gofish install flux
+```
+
+With Bash for macOS and Linux:
+
+```sh
+curl -s https://fluxcd.io/install.sh | sudo bash
+
+# enable completions in ~/.bash_profile
+. <(flux completion bash)
+```
+
+Arch Linux (AUR) packages:
+
+- [flux-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flux-bin): install the latest
+  stable version using a pre-build binary (recommended)
+- [flux-go](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flux-go): build the latest
+  stable version from source code
+- [flux-scm](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flux-scm): build the latest
+  (unstable) version from source code from our git `main` branch
+
+Binaries for macOS AMD64/ARM64, Linux AMD64/ARM/ARM64 and Windows are available to
+download on the [release page](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases).
+
+A multi-arch container image with `kubectl` and `flux` is available on Docker Hub and GitHub:
+
+* `docker.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:<version>`
+* `ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-cli:<version>`
+
+Verify that your cluster satisfies the prerequisites with:
+
+```sh
+flux check --pre
+```
+
+## Get started
+
+To get started with Flux, start [browsing the
+documentation](https://fluxcd.io/docs/) or get started with one of
+the following guides:
+
+- [Get started with Flux](https://fluxcd.io/docs/get-started/)
 - [Manage Helm Releases](https://fluxcd.io/docs/guides/helmreleases/)
 - [Automate image updates to Git](https://fluxcd.io/docs/guides/image-update/)  
 - [Manage Kubernetes secrets with Mozilla SOPS](https://fluxcd.io/docs/guides/mozilla-sops/)  
@@ -89,9 +133,7 @@ new contributors and there are a multitude of ways to get involved.

 ### Events

-Check out our **[events calendar](https://fluxcd.io/#calendar)**,
-both with upcoming talks, events and meetings you can attend.
-Or view the **[resources section](https://fluxcd.io/resources)**
-with past events videos you can watch.
+Check out our **[events calendar](https://fluxcd.io/community/#talks)**,
+both with upcoming talks you can attend or past events videos you can watch.

 We look forward to seeing you with us!
--- a/action/README.md
+++ b/action/README.md
@@ -10,21 +10,11 @@ Usage:
        run: flux -v
 ```

+Note that this action can only be used on GitHub **Linux AMD64** runners.
 The latest stable version of the `flux` binary is downloaded from
 GitHub [releases](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases)
 and placed at `/usr/local/bin/flux`.

-Note that this action can only be used on GitHub **Linux** runners.
-You can change the arch (defaults to `amd64`) with:
-
-```yaml
-    steps:
-      - name: Setup Flux CLI
-        uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
-        with:
-          arch: arm64 # can be amd64, arm64 or arm
-```
-
 You can download a specific version with:

 ```yaml
--- a/action/action.yml
+++ b/action/action.yml
@@ -8,40 +8,26 @@ inputs:
  version:
    description: "Flux version e.g. 0.8.0 (defaults to latest stable release)"
    required: false
-  arch:
-    description: "arch can be amd64, arm64 or arm"
-    required: true
-    default: "amd64"
-  bindir:
-    description: "Optional location of the Flux binary. Will not use sudo if set. Updates System Path."
-    required: false
 runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - name: "Download flux binary to tmp"
      shell: bash
      run: |
-        ARCH=${{ inputs.arch }}
        VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}

        if [ -z $VERSION ]; then
          VERSION=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/flux2/releases/latest -sL | grep tag_name | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | cut -c 2-)
        fi

-        BIN_URL="https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/download/v${VERSION}/flux_${VERSION}_linux_${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+        BIN_URL="https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/download/v${VERSION}/flux_${VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
        curl -sL ${BIN_URL} -o /tmp/flux.tar.gz
        mkdir -p /tmp/flux
        tar -C /tmp/flux/ -zxvf /tmp/flux.tar.gz
-    - name: "Copy Flux binary to execute location"
+    - name: "Add flux binary to /usr/local/bin"
      shell: bash
      run: |
-        BINDIR=${{ inputs.bindir }}
-        if [ -z $BINDIR ]; then
-          sudo cp /tmp/flux/flux /usr/local/bin
-        else
-          cp /tmp/flux/flux "${BINDIR}"
-          echo "${BINDIR}" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-        fi
+        sudo cp /tmp/flux/flux /usr/local/bin
    - name: "Cleanup tmp"
      shell: bash
      run: |
--- a/cmd/flux/alert.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/alert.go
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ import (
 // notificationv1.Alert

 var alertType = apiType{
-	kind:         notificationv1.AlertKind,
-	humanKind:    "alert",
-	groupVersion: notificationv1.GroupVersion,
+	kind:      notificationv1.AlertKind,
+	humanKind: "alert",
 }

 type alertAdapter struct {
@@ -38,10 +37,6 @@ func (a alertAdapter) asClientObject() client.Object {
 	return a.Alert
 }

-func (a alertAdapter) deepCopyClientObject() client.Object {
-	return a.Alert.DeepCopy()
-}
-
 // notificationv1.Alert

 type alertListAdapter struct {
--- a/cmd/flux/alert_provider.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/alert_provider.go
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ import (
 // notificationv1.Provider

 var alertProviderType = apiType{
-	kind:         notificationv1.ProviderKind,
-	humanKind:    "alert provider",
-	groupVersion: notificationv1.GroupVersion,
+	kind:      notificationv1.ProviderKind,
+	humanKind: "alert provider",
 }

 type alertProviderAdapter struct {
@@ -38,10 +37,6 @@ func (a alertProviderAdapter) asClientObject() client.Object {
 	return a.Provider
 }

-func (a alertProviderAdapter) deepCopyClientObject() client.Object {
-	return a.Provider.DeepCopy()
-}
-
 // notificationv1.Provider

 type alertProviderListAdapter struct {
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"crypto/elliptic"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
+	"io/ioutil"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

@@ -68,10 +67,6 @@ type bootstrapFlags struct {
 	authorName  string
 	authorEmail string

-	gpgKeyRingPath string
-	gpgPassphrase  string
-	gpgKeyID       string
-
 	commitMessageAppendix string
 }

@@ -88,7 +83,7 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&bootstrapArgs.defaultComponents, "components", rootArgs.defaults.Components,
 		"list of components, accepts comma-separated values")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&bootstrapArgs.extraComponents, "components-extra", nil,
-		"list of components in addition to those supplied or defaulted, accepts values such as 'image-reflector-controller,image-automation-controller'")
+		"list of components in addition to those supplied or defaulted, accepts comma-separated values")

 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.registry, "registry", "ghcr.io/fluxcd",
 		"container registry where the toolkit images are published")
@@ -123,10 +118,6 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.authorName, "author-name", "Flux", "author name for Git commits")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.authorEmail, "author-email", "", "author email for Git commits")

-	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyRingPath, "gpg-key-ring", "", "path to GPG key ring for signing commits")
-	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.gpgPassphrase, "gpg-passphrase", "", "passphrase for decrypting GPG private key")
-	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyID, "gpg-key-id", "", "key id for selecting a particular key")
-
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.commitMessageAppendix, "commit-message-appendix", "", "string to add to the commit messages, e.g. '[ci skip]'")

 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&bootstrapArgs.arch, "arch", bootstrapArgs.arch.Description())
@@ -140,7 +131,7 @@ func NewBootstrapFlags() bootstrapFlags {
 	return bootstrapFlags{
 		logLevel:           flags.LogLevel(rootArgs.defaults.LogLevel),
 		requiredComponents: []string{"source-controller", "kustomize-controller"},
-		keyAlgorithm:       flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm(sourcesecret.ECDSAPrivateKeyAlgorithm),
+		keyAlgorithm:       flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm(sourcesecret.RSAPrivateKeyAlgorithm),
 		keyRSABits:         2048,
 		keyECDSACurve:      flags.ECDSACurve{Curve: elliptic.P384()},
 	}
@@ -154,7 +145,7 @@ func buildEmbeddedManifestBase() (string, error) {
 	if !isEmbeddedVersion(bootstrapArgs.version) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
-	tmpBaseDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "flux-manifests-")
+	tmpBaseDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "flux-manifests-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -183,10 +174,6 @@ func mapTeamSlice(s []string, defaultPermission string) map[string]string {
 	m := make(map[string]string, len(s))
 	for _, v := range s {
 		m[v] = defaultPermission
-		if s := strings.Split(v, ":"); len(s) == 2 {
-			m[s[0]] = s[1]
-		}
 	}
-
 	return m
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_bitbucket_server.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_bitbucket_server.go
@@ -1,280 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport/http"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/bootstrap"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/bootstrap/provider"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
-)
-
-var bootstrapBServerCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "bitbucket-server",
-	Short: "Bootstrap toolkit components in a Bitbucket Server repository",
-	Long: `The bootstrap bitbucket-server command creates the Bitbucket Server repository if it doesn't exists and
-commits the toolkit components manifests to the master branch.
-Then it configures the target cluster to synchronize with the repository.
-If the toolkit components are present on the cluster,
-the bootstrap command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
-	Example: `  # Create a Bitbucket Server API token and export it as an env var
-  export BITBUCKET_TOKEN=<my-token>
-
-  # Run bootstrap for a private repository using HTTPS token authentication
-  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<project> --username=<user> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --token-auth
-
-  # Run bootstrap for a private repository using SSH authentication
-  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<project> --username=<user> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain>
-
-  # Run bootstrap for a repository path
-  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<project> --username=<user> --repository=<repository name> --path=dev-cluster --hostname=<domain>
-
-  # Run bootstrap for a public repository on a personal account
-  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<user> --repository=<repository name> --private=false --personal --hostname=<domain> --token-auth
-
-  # Run bootstrap for a an existing repository with a branch named main
-  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<project> --username=<user> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main --hostname=<domain> --token-auth`,
-	RunE: bootstrapBServerCmdRun,
-}
-
-const (
-	bServerDefaultPermission = "push"
-	bServerTokenEnvVar       = "BITBUCKET_TOKEN"
-)
-
-type bServerFlags struct {
-	owner        string
-	repository   string
-	interval     time.Duration
-	personal     bool
-	username     string
-	private      bool
-	hostname     string
-	path         flags.SafeRelativePath
-	teams        []string
-	readWriteKey bool
-	reconcile    bool
-}
-
-var bServerArgs bServerFlags
-
-func init() {
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().StringVar(&bServerArgs.owner, "owner", "", "Bitbucket Server user or project name")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().StringVar(&bServerArgs.repository, "repository", "", "Bitbucket Server repository name")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&bServerArgs.teams, "group", []string{}, "Bitbucket Server groups to be given write access (also accepts comma-separated values)")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&bServerArgs.personal, "personal", false, "if true, the owner is assumed to be a Bitbucket Server user; otherwise a group")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&bServerArgs.username, "username", "u", "git", "authentication username")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&bServerArgs.private, "private", true, "if true, the repository is setup or configured as private")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&bServerArgs.interval, "interval", time.Minute, "sync interval")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().StringVar(&bServerArgs.hostname, "hostname", "", "Bitbucket Server hostname")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().Var(&bServerArgs.path, "path", "path relative to the repository root, when specified the cluster sync will be scoped to this path")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&bServerArgs.readWriteKey, "read-write-key", false, "if true, the deploy key is configured with read/write permissions")
-	bootstrapBServerCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&bServerArgs.reconcile, "reconcile", false, "if true, the configured options are also reconciled if the repository already exists")
-
-	bootstrapCmd.AddCommand(bootstrapBServerCmd)
-}
-
-func bootstrapBServerCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	bitbucketToken := os.Getenv(bServerTokenEnvVar)
-	if bitbucketToken == "" {
-		var err error
-		bitbucketToken, err = readPasswordFromStdin("Please enter your Bitbucket personal access token (PAT): ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not read token: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if bServerArgs.hostname == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid hostname %q", bServerArgs.hostname)
-	}
-
-	if err := bootstrapValidate(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Manifest base
-	if ver, err := getVersion(bootstrapArgs.version); err == nil {
-		bootstrapArgs.version = ver
-	}
-	manifestsBase, err := buildEmbeddedManifestBase()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(manifestsBase)
-
-	user := bServerArgs.username
-	if bServerArgs.personal {
-		user = bServerArgs.owner
-	}
-
-	var caBundle []byte
-	if bootstrapArgs.caFile != "" {
-		var err error
-		caBundle, err = os.ReadFile(bootstrapArgs.caFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Build Bitbucket Server provider
-	providerCfg := provider.Config{
-		Provider: provider.GitProviderStash,
-		Hostname: bServerArgs.hostname,
-		Username: user,
-		Token:    bitbucketToken,
-		CaBundle: caBundle,
-	}
-
-	providerClient, err := provider.BuildGitProvider(providerCfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Lazy go-git repository
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "flux-bootstrap-")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temporary working dir: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
-	gitClient := gogit.New(tmpDir, &http.BasicAuth{
-		Username: user,
-		Password: bitbucketToken,
-	})
-
-	// Install manifest config
-	installOptions := install.Options{
-		BaseURL:                rootArgs.defaults.BaseURL,
-		Version:                bootstrapArgs.version,
-		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
-		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
-		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
-		WatchAllNamespaces:     bootstrapArgs.watchAllNamespaces,
-		NetworkPolicy:          bootstrapArgs.networkPolicy,
-		LogLevel:               bootstrapArgs.logLevel.String(),
-		NotificationController: rootArgs.defaults.NotificationController,
-		ManifestFile:           rootArgs.defaults.ManifestFile,
-		Timeout:                rootArgs.timeout,
-		TargetPath:             bServerArgs.path.ToSlash(),
-		ClusterDomain:          bootstrapArgs.clusterDomain,
-		TolerationKeys:         bootstrapArgs.tolerationKeys,
-	}
-	if customBaseURL := bootstrapArgs.manifestsPath; customBaseURL != "" {
-		installOptions.BaseURL = customBaseURL
-	}
-
-	// Source generation and secret config
-	secretOpts := sourcesecret.Options{
-		Name:         bootstrapArgs.secretName,
-		Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		TargetPath:   bServerArgs.path.String(),
-		ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
-	}
-	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth {
-		if bServerArgs.personal {
-			secretOpts.Username = bServerArgs.owner
-		} else {
-			secretOpts.Username = bServerArgs.username
-		}
-		secretOpts.Password = bitbucketToken
-
-		if bootstrapArgs.caFile != "" {
-			secretOpts.CAFilePath = bootstrapArgs.caFile
-		}
-	} else {
-		secretOpts.PrivateKeyAlgorithm = sourcesecret.PrivateKeyAlgorithm(bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm)
-		secretOpts.RSAKeyBits = int(bootstrapArgs.keyRSABits)
-		secretOpts.ECDSACurve = bootstrapArgs.keyECDSACurve.Curve
-		secretOpts.SSHHostname = bServerArgs.hostname
-
-		if bootstrapArgs.privateKeyFile != "" {
-			secretOpts.PrivateKeyPath = bootstrapArgs.privateKeyFile
-		}
-		if bootstrapArgs.sshHostname != "" {
-			secretOpts.SSHHostname = bootstrapArgs.sshHostname
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Sync manifest config
-	syncOpts := sync.Options{
-		Interval:          bServerArgs.interval,
-		Name:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Namespace:         *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Branch:            bootstrapArgs.branch,
-		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
-		TargetPath:        bServerArgs.path.ToSlash(),
-		ManifestFile:      sync.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
-		GitImplementation: sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.String(),
-		RecurseSubmodules: bootstrapArgs.recurseSubmodules,
-	}
-
-	// Bootstrap config
-	bootstrapOpts := []bootstrap.GitProviderOption{
-		bootstrap.WithProviderRepository(bServerArgs.owner, bServerArgs.repository, bServerArgs.personal),
-		bootstrap.WithBranch(bootstrapArgs.branch),
-		bootstrap.WithBootstrapTransportType("https"),
-		bootstrap.WithAuthor(bootstrapArgs.authorName, bootstrapArgs.authorEmail),
-		bootstrap.WithCommitMessageAppendix(bootstrapArgs.commitMessageAppendix),
-		bootstrap.WithProviderTeamPermissions(mapTeamSlice(bServerArgs.teams, bServerDefaultPermission)),
-		bootstrap.WithReadWriteKeyPermissions(bServerArgs.readWriteKey),
-		bootstrap.WithKubeconfig(kubeconfigArgs),
-		bootstrap.WithLogger(logger),
-		bootstrap.WithCABundle(caBundle),
-		bootstrap.WithGitCommitSigning(bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyRingPath, bootstrapArgs.gpgPassphrase, bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyID),
-	}
-	if bootstrapArgs.sshHostname != "" {
-		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithSSHHostname(bootstrapArgs.sshHostname))
-	}
-	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth {
-		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithSyncTransportType("https"))
-	}
-	if !bServerArgs.private {
-		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithProviderRepositoryConfig("", "", "public"))
-	}
-	if bServerArgs.reconcile {
-		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithReconcile())
-	}
-
-	// Setup bootstrapper with constructed configs
-	b, err := bootstrap.NewGitProviderBootstrapper(gitClient, providerClient, kubeClient, bootstrapOpts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Run
-	return bootstrap.Run(ctx, b, manifestsBase, installOptions, secretOpts, syncOpts, rootArgs.pollInterval, rootArgs.timeout)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(manifestsBase)

 	// Lazy go-git repository
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "flux-bootstrap-")
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "flux-bootstrap-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temporary working dir: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	installOptions := install.Options{
 		BaseURL:                rootArgs.defaults.BaseURL,
 		Version:                bootstrapArgs.version,
-		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:              rootArgs.namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Source generation and secret config
 	secretOpts := sourcesecret.Options{
 		Name:         bootstrapArgs.secretName,
-		Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 		TargetPath:   gitArgs.path.String(),
 		ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
 	}
@@ -161,29 +162,18 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			secretOpts.CAFilePath = bootstrapArgs.caFile
 		}

-		// Remove port of the given host when not syncing over HTTP/S to not assume port for protocol
-		// This _might_ be overwritten later on by e.g. --ssh-hostname
-		if repositoryURL.Scheme != "https" && repositoryURL.Scheme != "http" {
-			repositoryURL.Host = repositoryURL.Hostname()
-		}
-
 		// Configure repository URL to match auth config for sync.
 		repositoryURL.User = nil
 		repositoryURL.Scheme = "https"
+		repositoryURL.Host = repositoryURL.Hostname()
 	} else {
 		secretOpts.PrivateKeyAlgorithm = sourcesecret.PrivateKeyAlgorithm(bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm)
 		secretOpts.Password = gitArgs.password
 		secretOpts.RSAKeyBits = int(bootstrapArgs.keyRSABits)
 		secretOpts.ECDSACurve = bootstrapArgs.keyECDSACurve.Curve

-		// Configure repository URL to match auth config for sync
-
-		// Override existing user when user is not already set
-		// or when a username was passed in
-		if repositoryURL.User == nil || gitArgs.username != "git" {
-			repositoryURL.User = url.User(gitArgs.username)
-		}
-
+		// Configure repository URL to match auth config for sync.
+		repositoryURL.User = url.User(gitArgs.username)
 		repositoryURL.Scheme = "ssh"
 		if bootstrapArgs.sshHostname != "" {
 			repositoryURL.Host = bootstrapArgs.sshHostname
@@ -199,8 +189,8 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Sync manifest config
 	syncOpts := sync.Options{
 		Interval:          gitArgs.interval,
-		Name:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Namespace:         *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Name:              rootArgs.namespace,
+		Namespace:         rootArgs.namespace,
 		URL:               repositoryURL.String(),
 		Branch:            bootstrapArgs.branch,
 		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
@@ -210,26 +200,15 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		RecurseSubmodules: bootstrapArgs.recurseSubmodules,
 	}

-	var caBundle []byte
-	if bootstrapArgs.caFile != "" {
-		var err error
-		caBundle, err = os.ReadFile(bootstrapArgs.caFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Bootstrap config
 	bootstrapOpts := []bootstrap.GitOption{
 		bootstrap.WithRepositoryURL(gitArgs.url),
 		bootstrap.WithBranch(bootstrapArgs.branch),
 		bootstrap.WithAuthor(bootstrapArgs.authorName, bootstrapArgs.authorEmail),
 		bootstrap.WithCommitMessageAppendix(bootstrapArgs.commitMessageAppendix),
-		bootstrap.WithKubeconfig(kubeconfigArgs),
+		bootstrap.WithKubeconfig(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext),
 		bootstrap.WithPostGenerateSecretFunc(promptPublicKey),
 		bootstrap.WithLogger(logger),
-		bootstrap.WithCABundle(caBundle),
-		bootstrap.WithGitCommitSigning(bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyRingPath, bootstrapArgs.gpgPassphrase, bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyID),
 	}

 	// Setup bootstrapper with constructed configs
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_github.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_github.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"time"

@@ -52,9 +53,6 @@ the bootstrap command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
  # Run bootstrap for a private repository and assign organization teams to it
  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --team=<team1 slug> --team=<team2 slug>

-  # Run bootstrap for a private repository and assign organization teams with their access level(e.g maintain, admin) to it
-  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --team=<team1 slug>:<access-level>
-
  # Run bootstrap for a repository path
  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --path=dev-cluster

@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@ var githubArgs githubFlags
 func init() {
 	bootstrapGitHubCmd.Flags().StringVar(&githubArgs.owner, "owner", "", "GitHub user or organization name")
 	bootstrapGitHubCmd.Flags().StringVar(&githubArgs.repository, "repository", "", "GitHub repository name")
-	bootstrapGitHubCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&githubArgs.teams, "team", []string{}, "GitHub team and the access to be given to it(team:maintain). Defaults to maintainer access if no access level is specified (also accepts comma-separated values)")
+	bootstrapGitHubCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&githubArgs.teams, "team", []string{}, "GitHub team to be given maintainer access (also accepts comma-separated values)")
 	bootstrapGitHubCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&githubArgs.personal, "personal", false, "if true, the owner is assumed to be a GitHub user; otherwise an org")
 	bootstrapGitHubCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&githubArgs.private, "private", true, "if true, the repository is setup or configured as private")
 	bootstrapGitHubCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&githubArgs.interval, "interval", time.Minute, "sync interval")
@@ -111,11 +109,7 @@ func init() {
 func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ghToken := os.Getenv(ghTokenEnvVar)
 	if ghToken == "" {
-		var err error
-		ghToken, err = readPasswordFromStdin("Please enter your GitHub personal access token (PAT): ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not read token: %w", err)
-		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s environment variable not found", ghTokenEnvVar)
 	}

 	if err := bootstrapValidate(); err != nil {
@@ -125,7 +119,7 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -140,20 +134,11 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(manifestsBase)

-	var caBundle []byte
-	if bootstrapArgs.caFile != "" {
-		var err error
-		caBundle, err = os.ReadFile(bootstrapArgs.caFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
 	// Build GitHub provider
 	providerCfg := provider.Config{
 		Provider: provider.GitProviderGitHub,
 		Hostname: githubArgs.hostname,
 		Token:    ghToken,
-		CaBundle: caBundle,
 	}
 	providerClient, err := provider.BuildGitProvider(providerCfg)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -161,7 +146,7 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Lazy go-git repository
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "flux-bootstrap-")
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "flux-bootstrap-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temporary working dir: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -175,7 +160,7 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	installOptions := install.Options{
 		BaseURL:                rootArgs.defaults.BaseURL,
 		Version:                bootstrapArgs.version,
-		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:              rootArgs.namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
@@ -196,7 +181,7 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Source generation and secret config
 	secretOpts := sourcesecret.Options{
 		Name:         bootstrapArgs.secretName,
-		Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 		TargetPath:   githubArgs.path.ToSlash(),
 		ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
 	}
@@ -221,8 +206,8 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Sync manifest config
 	syncOpts := sync.Options{
 		Interval:          githubArgs.interval,
-		Name:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Namespace:         *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Name:              rootArgs.namespace,
+		Namespace:         rootArgs.namespace,
 		Branch:            bootstrapArgs.branch,
 		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
 		TargetPath:        githubArgs.path.ToSlash(),
@@ -240,10 +225,8 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		bootstrap.WithCommitMessageAppendix(bootstrapArgs.commitMessageAppendix),
 		bootstrap.WithProviderTeamPermissions(mapTeamSlice(githubArgs.teams, ghDefaultPermission)),
 		bootstrap.WithReadWriteKeyPermissions(githubArgs.readWriteKey),
-		bootstrap.WithKubeconfig(kubeconfigArgs),
+		bootstrap.WithKubeconfig(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext),
 		bootstrap.WithLogger(logger),
-		bootstrap.WithCABundle(caBundle),
-		bootstrap.WithGitCommitSigning(bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyRingPath, bootstrapArgs.gpgPassphrase, bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyID),
 	}
 	if bootstrapArgs.sshHostname != "" {
 		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithSSHHostname(bootstrapArgs.sshHostname))
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_gitlab.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_gitlab.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -108,11 +109,7 @@ func init() {
 func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	glToken := os.Getenv(glTokenEnvVar)
 	if glToken == "" {
-		var err error
-		glToken, err = readPasswordFromStdin("Please enter your GitLab personal access token (PAT): ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not read token: %w", err)
-		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s environment variable not found", glTokenEnvVar)
 	}

 	if projectNameIsValid, err := regexp.MatchString(gitlabProjectRegex, gitlabArgs.repository); err != nil || !projectNameIsValid {
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -144,21 +141,11 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(manifestsBase)

-	var caBundle []byte
-	if bootstrapArgs.caFile != "" {
-		var err error
-		caBundle, err = os.ReadFile(bootstrapArgs.caFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Build GitLab provider
 	providerCfg := provider.Config{
 		Provider: provider.GitProviderGitLab,
 		Hostname: gitlabArgs.hostname,
 		Token:    glToken,
-		CaBundle: caBundle,
 	}
 	// Workaround for: https://github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers/issues/55
 	if hostname := providerCfg.Hostname; hostname != glDefaultDomain &&
@@ -172,7 +159,7 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Lazy go-git repository
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "flux-bootstrap-")
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "flux-bootstrap-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temporary working dir: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -186,7 +173,7 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	installOptions := install.Options{
 		BaseURL:                rootArgs.defaults.BaseURL,
 		Version:                bootstrapArgs.version,
-		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:              rootArgs.namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
@@ -207,7 +194,7 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Source generation and secret config
 	secretOpts := sourcesecret.Options{
 		Name:         bootstrapArgs.secretName,
-		Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 		TargetPath:   gitlabArgs.path.String(),
 		ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
 	}
@@ -235,8 +222,8 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Sync manifest config
 	syncOpts := sync.Options{
 		Interval:          gitlabArgs.interval,
-		Name:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Namespace:         *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Name:              rootArgs.namespace,
+		Namespace:         rootArgs.namespace,
 		Branch:            bootstrapArgs.branch,
 		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
 		TargetPath:        gitlabArgs.path.ToSlash(),
@@ -254,10 +241,8 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		bootstrap.WithCommitMessageAppendix(bootstrapArgs.commitMessageAppendix),
 		bootstrap.WithProviderTeamPermissions(mapTeamSlice(gitlabArgs.teams, glDefaultPermission)),
 		bootstrap.WithReadWriteKeyPermissions(gitlabArgs.readWriteKey),
-		bootstrap.WithKubeconfig(kubeconfigArgs),
+		bootstrap.WithKubeconfig(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext),
 		bootstrap.WithLogger(logger),
-		bootstrap.WithCABundle(caBundle),
-		bootstrap.WithGitCommitSigning(bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyRingPath, bootstrapArgs.gpgPassphrase, bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyID),
 	}
 	if bootstrapArgs.sshHostname != "" {
 		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithSSHHostname(bootstrapArgs.sshHostname))
--- a/cmd/flux/build_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/build_kustomization.go
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/build"
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
-)
-
-var buildKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:     "kustomization",
-	Aliases: []string{"ks"},
-	Short:   "Build Kustomization",
-	Long: `The build command queries the Kubernetes API and fetches the specified Flux Kustomization. 
-It then uses the fetched in cluster flux kustomization to perform needed transformation on the local kustomization.yaml
-pointed at by --path. The local kustomization.yaml is generated if it does not exist. Finally it builds the overlays using the local kustomization.yaml, and write the resulting multi-doc YAML to stdout.`,
-	Example: `# Build the local manifests as they were built on the cluster
-flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
-	RunE:              buildKsCmdRun,
-}
-
-type buildKsFlags struct {
-	path string
-}
-
-var buildKsArgs buildKsFlags
-
-func init() {
-	buildKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&buildKsArgs.path, "path", "", "Path to the manifests location.)")
-	buildCmd.AddCommand(buildKsCmd)
-}
-
-func buildKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) < 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s name is required", kustomizationType.humanKind)
-	}
-	name := args[0]
-
-	if buildKsArgs.path == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid resource path %q", buildKsArgs.path)
-	}
-
-	if fs, err := os.Stat(buildKsArgs.path); err != nil || !fs.IsDir() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid resource path %q", buildKsArgs.path)
-	}
-
-	builder, err := build.NewBuilder(kubeconfigArgs, name, buildKsArgs.path, build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// create a signal channel
-	sigc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	signal.Notify(sigc, os.Interrupt)
-
-	errChan := make(chan error)
-	go func() {
-		manifests, err := builder.Build()
-		if err != nil {
-			errChan <- err
-		}
-
-		cmd.Print(string(manifests))
-		errChan <- nil
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-sigc:
-		fmt.Println("Build cancelled... exiting.")
-		return builder.Cancel()
-	case err := <-errChan:
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/build_kustomization_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/build_kustomization_test.go
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func setup(t *testing.T, tmpl map[string]string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	testEnv.CreateObjectFile("./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-source.yaml", tmpl, t)
-	testEnv.CreateObjectFile("./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-kustomization.yaml", tmpl, t)
-}
-
-func TestBuildKustomization(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		args       string
-		resultFile string
-		assertFunc string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:       "no args",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo",
-			resultFile: "invalid resource path \"\"",
-			assertFunc: "assertError",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "build podinfo",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo",
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "build podinfo without service",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/delete-service",
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-without-service-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
-	}
-
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": allocateNamespace("flux-system"),
-	}
-	setup(t, tmpl)
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var assert assertFunc
-
-			switch tt.assertFunc {
-			case "assertGoldenTemplateFile":
-				assert = assertGoldenTemplateFile(tt.resultFile, tmpl)
-			case "assertError":
-				assert = assertError(tt.resultFile)
-			}
-
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args + " -n " + tmpl["fluxns"],
-				assert: assert,
-			}
-
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/check.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/check.go
@@ -18,19 +18,21 @@ package main

 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	apimachineryversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/status"
 )
@@ -52,11 +54,10 @@ type checkFlags struct {
 	pre             bool
 	components      []string
 	extraComponents []string
-	pollInterval    time.Duration
 }

-var kubernetesConstraints = []string{
-	">=1.20.6-0",
+type kubectlVersion struct {
+	ClientVersion *apimachineryversion.Info `json:"clientVersion"`
 }

 var checkArgs checkFlags
@@ -68,18 +69,23 @@ func init() {
 		"list of components, accepts comma-separated values")
 	checkCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&checkArgs.extraComponents, "components-extra", nil,
 		"list of components in addition to those supplied or defaulted, accepts comma-separated values")
-	checkCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&checkArgs.pollInterval, "poll-interval", 5*time.Second,
-		"how often the health checker should poll the cluster for the latest state of the resources.")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(checkCmd)
 }

 func runCheckCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	logger.Actionf("checking prerequisites")
 	checkFailed := false

 	fluxCheck()

-	if !kubernetesCheck(kubernetesConstraints) {
+	if !kubectlCheck(ctx, ">=1.18.0-0") {
+		checkFailed = true
+	}
+
+	if !kubernetesCheck(">=1.16.0-0") {
 		checkFailed = true
 	}

@@ -124,8 +130,44 @@ func fluxCheck() {
 	}
 }

-func kubernetesCheck(constraints []string) bool {
-	cfg, err := utils.KubeConfig(kubeconfigArgs)
+func kubectlCheck(ctx context.Context, constraint string) bool {
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("kubectl")
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Failuref("kubectl not found")
+		return false
+	}
+
+	kubectlArgs := []string{"version", "--client", "--output", "json"}
+	output, err := utils.ExecKubectlCommand(ctx, utils.ModeCapture, rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext, kubectlArgs...)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Failuref("kubectl version can't be determined")
+		return false
+	}
+
+	kv := &kubectlVersion{}
+	if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(output), kv); err != nil {
+		logger.Failuref("kubectl version output can't be unmarshalled")
+		return false
+	}
+
+	v, err := version.ParseVersion(kv.ClientVersion.GitVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Failuref("kubectl version can't be parsed")
+		return false
+	}
+
+	c, _ := semver.NewConstraint(constraint)
+	if !c.Check(v) {
+		logger.Failuref("kubectl version %s < %s", v.Original(), constraint)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	logger.Successf("kubectl %s %s", v.String(), constraint)
+	return true
+}
+
+func kubernetesCheck(constraint string) bool {
+	cfg, err := utils.KubeConfig(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Failuref("Kubernetes client initialization failed: %s", err.Error())
 		return false
@@ -149,23 +191,13 @@ func kubernetesCheck(constraints []string) bool {
 		return false
 	}

-	var valid bool
-	var vrange string
-	for _, constraint := range constraints {
-		c, _ := semver.NewConstraint(constraint)
-		if c.Check(v) {
-			valid = true
-			vrange = constraint
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	if !valid {
-		logger.Failuref("Kubernetes version %s does not match %s", v.Original(), constraints[0])
+	c, _ := semver.NewConstraint(constraint)
+	if !c.Check(v) {
+		logger.Failuref("Kubernetes version %s < %s", v.Original(), constraint)
 		return false
 	}

-	logger.Successf("Kubernetes %s %s", v.String(), vrange)
+	logger.Successf("Kubernetes %s %s", v.String(), constraint)
 	return true
 }

@@ -173,25 +205,25 @@ func componentsCheck() bool {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeConfig, err := utils.KubeConfig(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeConfig, err := utils.KubeConfig(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}

-	statusChecker, err := status.NewStatusChecker(kubeConfig, checkArgs.pollInterval, rootArgs.timeout, logger)
+	statusChecker, err := status.NewStatusChecker(kubeConfig, time.Second, rootArgs.timeout, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}

 	ok := true
-	selector := client.MatchingLabels{manifestgen.PartOfLabelKey: manifestgen.PartOfLabelValue}
+	selector := client.MatchingLabels{"app.kubernetes.io/instance": rootArgs.namespace}
 	var list v1.DeploymentList
-	if err := kubeClient.List(ctx, &list, client.InNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace), selector); err == nil {
+	if err := kubeClient.List(ctx, &list, client.InNamespace(rootArgs.namespace), selector); err == nil {
 		for _, d := range list.Items {
 			if ref, err := buildComponentObjectRefs(d.Name); err == nil {
 				if err := statusChecker.Assess(ref...); err != nil {
--- a/cmd/flux/check_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/check_test.go
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-//go:build e2e
-// +build e2e
-
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
-)
-
-func TestCheckPre(t *testing.T) {
-	jsonOutput, err := utils.ExecKubectlCommand(context.TODO(), utils.ModeCapture, *kubeconfigArgs.KubeConfig, *kubeconfigArgs.Context, "version", "--output", "json")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error running utils.ExecKubectlCommand: %v", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	var versions map[string]version.Info
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonOutput), &versions); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error unmarshalling: %v", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	serverVersion := strings.TrimPrefix(versions["serverVersion"].GitVersion, "v")
-
-	cmd := cmdTestCase{
-		args: "check --pre",
-		assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile("testdata/check/check_pre.golden", map[string]string{
-			"serverVersion": serverVersion,
-		}),
-	}
-	cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/completion.go
@@ -17,15 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
-	"context"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 )

 var completionCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -37,76 +29,3 @@ var completionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(completionCmd)
 }
-
-func contextsCompletionFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-	rawConfig, err := kubeconfigArgs.ToRawKubeConfigLoader().RawConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return completionError(err)
-	}
-
-	var comps []string
-
-	for name := range rawConfig.Contexts {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(name, toComplete) {
-			comps = append(comps, name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return comps, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
-}
-
-func resourceNamesCompletionFunc(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-		defer cancel()
-
-		cfg, err := utils.KubeConfig(kubeconfigArgs)
-		if err != nil {
-			return completionError(err)
-		}
-
-		mapper, err := kubeconfigArgs.ToRESTMapper()
-		if err != nil {
-			return completionError(err)
-		}
-
-		mapping, err := mapper.RESTMapping(gvk.GroupKind(), gvk.Version)
-		if err != nil {
-			return completionError(err)
-		}
-
-		client, err := dynamic.NewForConfig(cfg)
-		if err != nil {
-			return completionError(err)
-		}
-
-		var dr dynamic.ResourceInterface
-		if mapping.Scope.Name() == meta.RESTScopeNameNamespace {
-			dr = client.Resource(mapping.Resource).Namespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
-		} else {
-			dr = client.Resource(mapping.Resource)
-		}
-
-		list, err := dr.List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			return completionError(err)
-		}
-
-		var comps []string
-
-		for _, item := range list.Items {
-			name := item.GetName()
-
-			if strings.HasPrefix(name, toComplete) {
-				comps = append(comps, name)
-			}
-		}
-
-		return comps, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
-	}
-}
-
-func completionError(err error) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-	cobra.CompError(err.Error())
-	return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveError
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/completion_zsh.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/completion_zsh.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -28,12 +27,12 @@ var completionZshCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Generates zsh completion scripts",
 	Example: `To load completion run

-. <(flux completion zsh)
+. <(flux completion zsh) && compdef _flux flux

 To configure your zsh shell to load completions for each session add to your zshrc

 # ~/.zshrc or ~/.profile
-command -v flux >/dev/null && . <(flux completion zsh)
+command -v flux >/dev/null && . <(flux completion zsh) && compdef _flux flux

 or write a cached file in one of the completion directories in your ${fpath}:

@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@ mv _flux ~/.oh-my-zsh/completions  # oh-my-zsh
 mv _flux ~/.zprezto/modules/completion/external/src/  # zprezto`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		rootCmd.GenZshCompletion(os.Stdout)
-		// Cobra doesn't source zsh completion file, explicitly doing it here
-		fmt.Println("compdef _flux flux")
 	},
 }

--- a/cmd/flux/create.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"

@@ -52,18 +51,6 @@ func init() {
 	createCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&createArgs.export, "export", false, "export in YAML format to stdout")
 	createCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&createArgs.labels, "label", nil,
 		"set labels on the resource (can specify multiple labels with commas: label1=value1,label2=value2)")
-	createCmd.PersistentPreRunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if len(args) < 1 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("name is required")
-		}
-
-		name := args[0]
-		if !validateObjectName(name) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("name '%s' is invalid, it should adhere to standard defined in RFC 1123, the name can only contain alphanumeric characters or '-'", name)
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	}
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(createCmd)
 }

@@ -117,7 +104,7 @@ func (names apiType) upsertAndWait(object upsertWaitable, mutate func() error) e
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs) // NB globals
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext) // NB globals
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -163,8 +150,3 @@ func parseLabels() (map[string]string, error) {

 	return result, nil
 }
-
-func validateObjectName(name string) bool {
-	r := regexp.MustCompile("^[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9\\-]){0,61}[a-z0-9]$")
-	return r.MatchString(name)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_alert.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_alert.go
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createAlertCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Alert name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if alertArgs.providerRef == "" {
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ func createAlertCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	alert := notificationv1.Alert{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: notificationv1.AlertSpec{
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ func createAlertCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_alertprovider.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_alertprovider.go
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createAlertProviderCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Provider name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if alertProviderArgs.alertType == "" {
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ func createAlertProviderCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	provider := notificationv1.Provider{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: notificationv1.ProviderSpec{
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ func createAlertProviderCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
+	"io/ioutil"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("HelmRelease name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if helmReleaseArgs.chart == "" {
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	helmRelease := helmv2.HelmRelease{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: helmv2.HelmReleaseSpec{
@@ -179,27 +182,18 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			Install: &helmv2.Install{
+				CreateNamespace: helmReleaseArgs.createNamespace,
+			},
 			Suspend: false,
 		},
 	}

-	if helmReleaseArgs.createNamespace {
-		if helmRelease.Spec.Install == nil {
-			helmRelease.Spec.Install = &helmv2.Install{}
-		}
-
-		helmRelease.Spec.Install.CreateNamespace = helmReleaseArgs.createNamespace
-	}
-
 	if helmReleaseArgs.saName != "" {
 		helmRelease.Spec.ServiceAccountName = helmReleaseArgs.saName
 	}

 	if helmReleaseArgs.crds != "" {
-		if helmRelease.Spec.Install == nil {
-			helmRelease.Spec.Install = &helmv2.Install{}
-		}
-
 		helmRelease.Spec.Install.CRDs = helmv2.Create
 		helmRelease.Spec.Upgrade = &helmv2.Upgrade{CRDs: helmv2.CRDsPolicy(helmReleaseArgs.crds.String())}
 	}
@@ -207,7 +201,7 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(helmReleaseArgs.valuesFiles) > 0 {
 		valuesMap := make(map[string]interface{})
 		for _, v := range helmReleaseArgs.valuesFiles {
-			data, err := os.ReadFile(v)
+			data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(v)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("reading values from %s failed: %w", v, err)
 			}
@@ -247,7 +241,7 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var createImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func (obj imagePolicyAdapter) getObservedGeneration() int64 {
 }

 func createImagePolicyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ImagePolicy name is required")
+	}
 	objectName := args[0]

 	if imagePolicyArgs.imageRef == "" {
@@ -98,11 +101,11 @@ func createImagePolicyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var policy = imagev1.ImagePolicy{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      objectName,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
 		},
 		Spec: imagev1.ImagePolicySpec{
-			ImageRepositoryRef: meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
+			ImageRepositoryRef: meta.LocalObjectReference{
 				Name: imagePolicyArgs.imageRef,
 			},
 		},
--- a/cmd/flux/create_image_repository.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_image_repository.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var createImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createImageRepositoryRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ImageRepository name is required")
+	}
 	objectName := args[0]

 	if imageRepoArgs.image == "" {
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ func createImageRepositoryRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var repo = imagev1.ImageRepository{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      objectName,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
 		},
 		Spec: imagev1.ImageRepositorySpec{
--- a/cmd/flux/create_image_update.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_image_update.go
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1alpha2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var createImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -49,40 +49,25 @@ mentioned in YAMLs in a git repository.`,
    --push-branch=image-updates \
    --author-name=flux \
    --author-email=flux@example.com \
-    --commit-template="{{range .Updated.Images}}{{println .}}{{end}}"
-
-  # Configure image updates for a Git repository in a different namespace
-  flux create image update apps \
-    --namespace=apps \
-    --git-repo-ref=flux-system \
-    --git-repo-namespace=flux-system \
-    --git-repo-path="./clusters/my-cluster" \
-    --checkout-branch=main \
-    --push-branch=image-updates \
-    --author-name=flux \
-    --author-email=flux@example.com \
-    --commit-template="{{range .Updated.Images}}{{println .}}{{end}}"
-`,
+    --commit-template="{{range .Updated.Images}}{{println .}}{{end}}"`,
 	RunE: createImageUpdateRun,
 }

 type imageUpdateFlags struct {
-	gitRepoName      string
-	gitRepoNamespace string
-	gitRepoPath      string
-	checkoutBranch   string
-	pushBranch       string
-	commitTemplate   string
-	authorName       string
-	authorEmail      string
+	gitRepoRef     string
+	gitRepoPath    string
+	checkoutBranch string
+	pushBranch     string
+	commitTemplate string
+	authorName     string
+	authorEmail    string
 }

 var imageUpdateArgs = imageUpdateFlags{}

 func init() {
 	flags := createImageUpdateCmd.Flags()
-	flags.StringVar(&imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoName, "git-repo-ref", "", "the name of a GitRepository resource with details of the upstream Git repository")
-	flags.StringVar(&imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoNamespace, "git-repo-namespace", "", "the namespace of the GitRepository resource, defaults to the ImageUpdateAutomation namespace")
+	flags.StringVar(&imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoRef, "git-repo-ref", "", "the name of a GitRepository resource with details of the upstream Git repository")
 	flags.StringVar(&imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoPath, "git-repo-path", "", "path to the directory containing the manifests to be updated, defaults to the repository root")
 	flags.StringVar(&imageUpdateArgs.checkoutBranch, "checkout-branch", "", "the branch to checkout")
 	flags.StringVar(&imageUpdateArgs.pushBranch, "push-branch", "", "the branch to push commits to, defaults to the checkout branch if not specified")
@@ -94,9 +79,12 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createImageUpdateRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ImageUpdateAutomation name is required")
+	}
 	objectName := args[0]

-	if imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoName == "" {
+	if imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoRef == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("a reference to a GitRepository is required (--git-repo-ref)")
 	}

@@ -120,14 +108,13 @@ func createImageUpdateRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var update = autov1.ImageUpdateAutomation{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      objectName,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
 		},
 		Spec: autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationSpec{
-			SourceRef: autov1.CrossNamespaceSourceReference{
-				Kind:      sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind,
-				Name:      imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoName,
-				Namespace: imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoNamespace,
+			SourceRef: autov1.SourceReference{
+				Kind: sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind,
+				Name: imageUpdateArgs.gitRepoRef,
 			},

 			GitSpec: &autov1.GitSpec{
--- a/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

 	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta1"
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var createKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
    --path="./examples/contour/" \
    --prune=true \
    --interval=10m \
+    --validation=client \
    --health-check="Deployment/contour.projectcontour" \
    --health-check="DaemonSet/envoy.projectcontour" \
    --health-check-timeout=3m
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ var createKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
    --source=GitRepository/webapp \
    --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
    --prune=true \
-    --interval=5m
+    --interval=5m \
+    --validation=client

  # Create a Kustomization using a source from a different namespace
  flux create kustomization podinfo \
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ var createKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
    --source=GitRepository/podinfo.flux-system \
    --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
    --prune=true \
-    --interval=5m
+    --interval=5m \
+    --validation=client

  # Create a Kustomization resource that references a Bucket
  flux create kustomization secrets \
@@ -89,7 +92,6 @@ type kustomizationFlags struct {
 	decryptionProvider flags.DecryptionProvider
 	decryptionSecret   string
 	targetNamespace    string
-	wait               bool
 }

 var kustomizationArgs = NewKustomizationFlags()
@@ -98,7 +100,6 @@ func init() {
 	createKsCmd.Flags().Var(&kustomizationArgs.source, "source", kustomizationArgs.source.Description())
 	createKsCmd.Flags().Var(&kustomizationArgs.path, "path", "path to the directory containing a kustomization.yaml file")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&kustomizationArgs.prune, "prune", false, "enable garbage collection")
-	createKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&kustomizationArgs.wait, "wait", false, "enable health checking of all the applied resources")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&kustomizationArgs.healthCheck, "health-check", nil, "workload to be included in the health assessment, in the format '<kind>/<name>.<namespace>'")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&kustomizationArgs.healthTimeout, "health-check-timeout", 2*time.Minute, "timeout of health checking operations")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&kustomizationArgs.validation, "validation", "", "validate the manifests before applying them on the cluster, can be 'client' or 'server'")
@@ -107,8 +108,6 @@ func init() {
 	createKsCmd.Flags().Var(&kustomizationArgs.decryptionProvider, "decryption-provider", kustomizationArgs.decryptionProvider.Description())
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&kustomizationArgs.decryptionSecret, "decryption-secret", "", "set the Kubernetes secret name that contains the OpenPGP private keys used for sops decryption")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&kustomizationArgs.targetNamespace, "target-namespace", "", "overrides the namespace of all Kustomization objects reconciled by this Kustomization")
-	createKsCmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("validation", "this arg is no longer used, all resources are validated using server-side apply dry-run")
-
 	createCmd.AddCommand(createKsCmd)
 }

@@ -119,6 +118,9 @@ func NewKustomizationFlags() kustomizationFlags {
 }

 func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Kustomization name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if kustomizationArgs.path == "" {
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	kustomization := kustomizev1.Kustomization{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    kslabels,
 		},
 		Spec: kustomizev1.KustomizationSpec{
@@ -156,11 +158,12 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				Namespace: kustomizationArgs.source.Namespace,
 			},
 			Suspend:         false,
+			Validation:      kustomizationArgs.validation,
 			TargetNamespace: kustomizationArgs.targetNamespace,
 		},
 	}

-	if len(kustomizationArgs.healthCheck) > 0 && !kustomizationArgs.wait {
+	if len(kustomizationArgs.healthCheck) > 0 {
 		healthChecks := make([]meta.NamespacedObjectKindReference, 0)
 		for _, w := range kustomizationArgs.healthCheck {
 			kindObj := strings.Split(w, "/")
@@ -201,13 +204,6 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	if kustomizationArgs.wait {
-		kustomization.Spec.Wait = true
-		kustomization.Spec.Timeout = &metav1.Duration{
-			Duration: kustomizationArgs.healthTimeout,
-		}
-	}
-
 	if kustomizationArgs.saName != "" {
 		kustomization.Spec.ServiceAccountName = kustomizationArgs.saName
 	}
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_receiver.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_receiver.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createReceiverCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Receiver name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if receiverArgs.receiverType == "" {
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ func createReceiverCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	receiver := notificationv1.Receiver{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: notificationv1.ReceiverSpec{
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ func createReceiverCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_git.go
@@ -105,13 +105,16 @@ func init() {

 func NewSecretGitFlags() secretGitFlags {
 	return secretGitFlags{
-		keyAlgorithm: flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm(sourcesecret.ECDSAPrivateKeyAlgorithm),
+		keyAlgorithm: flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm(sourcesecret.RSAPrivateKeyAlgorithm),
 		rsaBits:      2048,
 		ecdsaCurve:   flags.ECDSACurve{Curve: elliptic.P384()},
 	}
 }

 func createSecretGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("secret name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]
 	if secretGitArgs.url == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("url is required")
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ func createSecretGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	opts := sourcesecret.Options{
 		Name:         name,
-		Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 		Labels:       labels,
 		ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
 	}
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ func createSecretGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if createArgs.export {
-		rootCmd.Println(secret.Content)
+		fmt.Println(secret.Content)
 		return nil
 	}

@@ -173,14 +176,14 @@ func createSecretGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := upsertSecret(ctx, kubeClient, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	logger.Actionf("git secret '%s' created in '%s' namespace", name, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+	logger.Actionf("secret '%s' created in '%s' namespace", name, rootArgs.namespace)

 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_git_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_git_test.go
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCreateGitSecret(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "no args",
-			args:   "create secret git",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "basic secret",
-			args:   "create secret git podinfo-auth --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --username=my-username --password=my-password --namespace=my-namespace --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_secret/git/secret-git-basic.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "ssh key",
-			args:   "create secret git podinfo-auth --url=ssh://git@github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --private-key-file=./testdata/create_secret/git/ecdsa.private --namespace=my-namespace --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/git/git-ssh-secret.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "ssh key with password",
-			args:   "create secret git podinfo-auth --url=ssh://git@github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --private-key-file=./testdata/create_secret/git/ecdsa-password.private --password=password --namespace=my-namespace --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/git/git-ssh-secret-password.yaml"),
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args,
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_helm.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main

 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createSecretHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("secret name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	labels, err := parseLabels()
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ func createSecretHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	opts := sourcesecret.Options{
 		Name:         name,
-		Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 		Labels:       labels,
 		Username:     secretHelmArgs.username,
 		Password:     secretHelmArgs.password,
@@ -90,13 +94,13 @@ func createSecretHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if createArgs.export {
-		rootCmd.Println(secret.Content)
+		fmt.Println(secret.Content)
 		return nil
 	}

 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -108,6 +112,5 @@ func createSecretHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	logger.Actionf("helm secret '%s' created in '%s' namespace", name, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_helm_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_helm_test.go
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCreateHelmSecret(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			args:   "create secret helm",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			args:   "create secret helm helm-secret --username=my-username --password=my-password --namespace=my-namespace --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/helm/secret-helm.yaml"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args,
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main

 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createSecretTLSCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("secret name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	labels, err := parseLabels()
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ func createSecretTLSCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	opts := sourcesecret.Options{
 		Name:         name,
-		Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 		Labels:       labels,
 		CAFilePath:   secretTLSArgs.caFile,
 		CertFilePath: secretTLSArgs.certFile,
@@ -87,13 +91,13 @@ func createSecretTLSCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if createArgs.export {
-		rootCmd.Print(secret.Content)
+		fmt.Println(secret.Content)
 		return nil
 	}

 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -105,6 +109,5 @@ func createSecretTLSCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	logger.Actionf("tls secret '%s' created in '%s' namespace", name, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls_test.go
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCreateTlsSecretNoArgs(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			args:   "create secret tls",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			args:   "create secret tls certs --namespace=my-namespace --cert-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-cert.pem --key-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-key.pem --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/tls/secret-tls.yaml"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args,
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )

@@ -28,14 +26,6 @@ var createSourceCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The create source sub-commands generate sources.",
 }

-type createSourceFlags struct {
-	fetchTimeout time.Duration
-}
-
-var createSourceArgs createSourceFlags
-
 func init() {
-	createSourceCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout, "fetch-timeout", createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout,
-		"set a timeout for fetch operations performed by source-controller (e.g. 'git clone' or 'helm repo update')")
 	createCmd.AddCommand(createSourceCmd)
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_bucket.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_bucket.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -30,9 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/conditions"
-
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
@@ -95,6 +94,9 @@ func NewSourceBucketFlags() sourceBucketFlags {
 }

 func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Bucket source name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if sourceBucketArgs.name == "" {
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", name)
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	bucket := &sourcev1.Bucket{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: sourcev1.BucketSpec{
@@ -133,12 +135,7 @@ func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-
-	if createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout > 0 {
-		bucket.Spec.Timeout = &metav1.Duration{Duration: createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout}
-	}
-
-	if sourceBucketArgs.secretRef != "" {
+	if sourceHelmArgs.secretRef != "" {
 		bucket.Spec.SecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{
 			Name: sourceBucketArgs.secretRef,
 		}
@@ -151,7 +148,7 @@ func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -164,7 +161,7 @@ func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		secret := corev1.Secret{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      secretName,
-				Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+				Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 				Labels:    sourceLabels,
 			},
 			StringData: map[string]string{},
@@ -237,30 +234,3 @@ func upsertBucket(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
 	logger.Successf("Bucket source updated")
 	return namespacedName, nil
 }
-
-func isBucketReady(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
-	namespacedName types.NamespacedName, bucket *sourcev1.Bucket) wait.ConditionFunc {
-	return func() (bool, error) {
-		err := kubeClient.Get(ctx, namespacedName, bucket)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-
-		if c := conditions.Get(bucket, meta.ReadyCondition); c != nil {
-			// Confirm the Ready condition we are observing is for the
-			// current generation
-			if c.ObservedGeneration != bucket.GetGeneration() {
-				return false, nil
-			}
-
-			// Further check the Status
-			switch c.Status {
-			case metav1.ConditionTrue:
-				return true, nil
-			case metav1.ConditionFalse:
-				return false, fmt.Errorf(c.Message)
-			}
-		}
-		return false, nil
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_git.go
@@ -20,24 +20,23 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/elliptic"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"

+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/conditions"
-
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
-
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ type sourceGitFlags struct {
 	caFile            string
 	privateKeyFile    string
 	recurseSubmodules bool
-	silent            bool
 }

 var createSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -138,20 +136,22 @@ func init() {
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.privateKeyFile, "private-key-file", "", "path to a passwordless private key file used for authenticating to the Git SSH server")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&sourceGitArgs.recurseSubmodules, "recurse-submodules", false,
 		"when enabled, configures the GitRepository source to initialize and include Git submodules in the artifact it produces")
-	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&sourceGitArgs.silent, "silent", "s", false, "assumes the deploy key is already setup, skips confirmation")

 	createSourceCmd.AddCommand(createSourceGitCmd)
 }

 func newSourceGitFlags() sourceGitFlags {
 	return sourceGitFlags{
-		keyAlgorithm:  flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm(sourcesecret.ECDSAPrivateKeyAlgorithm),
+		keyAlgorithm:  flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm(sourcesecret.RSAPrivateKeyAlgorithm),
 		keyRSABits:    2048,
 		keyECDSACurve: flags.ECDSACurve{Curve: elliptic.P384()},
 	}
 }

 func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("GitRepository source name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if sourceGitArgs.url == "" {
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if sourceGitArgs.caFile != "" && u.Scheme == "ssh" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("specifying a CA file is not supported for Git over SSH")
+		return fmt.Errorf("specifing a CA file is not supported for Git over SSH")
 	}

 	if sourceGitArgs.recurseSubmodules && sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation == sourcev1.LibGit2Implementation {
 		return fmt.Errorf("recurse submodules requires --git-implementation=%s", sourcev1.GoGitImplementation)
 	}

-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", name)
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	gitRepository := sourcev1.GitRepository{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: sourcev1.GitRepositorySpec{
@@ -205,10 +205,6 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		},
 	}

-	if createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout > 0 {
-		gitRepository.Spec.Timeout = &metav1.Duration{Duration: createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout}
-	}
-
 	if sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation != "" {
 		gitRepository.Spec.GitImplementation = sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.String()
 	}
@@ -234,7 +230,7 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -243,7 +239,7 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if sourceGitArgs.secretRef == "" {
 		secretOpts := sourcesecret.Options{
 			Name:         name,
-			Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 			ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
 		}
 		switch u.Scheme {
@@ -277,14 +273,12 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			}
 			if ppk, ok := s.StringData[sourcesecret.PublicKeySecretKey]; ok {
 				logger.Generatef("deploy key: %s", ppk)
-				if !sourceGitArgs.silent {
-					prompt := promptui.Prompt{
-						Label:     "Have you added the deploy key to your repository",
-						IsConfirm: true,
-					}
-					if _, err := prompt.Run(); err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("aborting")
-					}
+				prompt := promptui.Prompt{
+					Label:     "Have you added the deploy key to your repository",
+					IsConfirm: true,
+				}
+				if _, err := prompt.Run(); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("aborting")
 				}
 			}
 			logger.Actionf("applying secret with repository credentials")
@@ -357,14 +351,7 @@ func isGitRepositoryReady(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
 			return false, err
 		}

-		if c := conditions.Get(gitRepository, meta.ReadyCondition); c != nil {
-			// Confirm the Ready condition we are observing is for the
-			// current generation
-			if c.ObservedGeneration != gitRepository.GetGeneration() {
-				return false, nil
-			}
-
-			// Further check the Status
+		if c := apimeta.FindStatusCondition(gitRepository.Status.Conditions, meta.ReadyCondition); c != nil {
 			switch c.Status {
 			case metav1.ConditionTrue:
 				return true, nil
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_git_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_git_test.go
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-)
-
-var pollInterval = 50 * time.Millisecond
-var testTimeout = 10 * time.Second
-
-// Update the GitRepository once created to exercise test specific behavior
-type reconcileFunc func(repo *sourcev1.GitRepository)
-
-// reconciler waits for an object to be created, then invokes a test supplied
-// function to mutate that object, simulating a controller.
-// Test should invoke run() to run the background reconciler task which
-// polls to wait for the object to exist before applying the update function.
-// Any errors from the reconciler are asserted on test completion.
-type reconciler struct {
-	client    client.Client
-	name      types.NamespacedName
-	reconcile reconcileFunc
-}
-
-// Start the background task that waits for the object to exist then applies
-// the update function.
-func (r *reconciler) run(t *testing.T) {
-	result := make(chan error)
-	go func() {
-		defer close(result)
-		err := wait.PollImmediate(
-			pollInterval,
-			testTimeout,
-			r.conditionFunc)
-		result <- err
-	}()
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		if err := <-result; err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Failure from test reconciler: '%v':", err.Error())
-		}
-	})
-}
-
-// A ConditionFunction that waits for the named GitRepository to be created,
-// then sets the ready condition to true.
-func (r *reconciler) conditionFunc() (bool, error) {
-	var repo sourcev1.GitRepository
-	if err := r.client.Get(context.Background(), r.name, &repo); err != nil {
-		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return false, nil // Keep polling until object is created
-		}
-		return true, err
-	}
-	r.reconcile(&repo)
-	err := r.client.Status().Update(context.Background(), &repo)
-	return true, err
-}
-
-func TestCreateSourceGit(t *testing.T) {
-	// Default command used for multiple tests
-	var command = "create source git podinfo --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --branch=master --timeout=" + testTimeout.String()
-
-	cases := []struct {
-		name      string
-		args      string
-		assert    assertFunc
-		reconcile reconcileFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			"NoArgs",
-			"create source git",
-			assertError("name is required"),
-			nil,
-		}, {
-			"Succeeded",
-			command,
-			assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/success.golden"),
-			func(repo *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				newCondition := metav1.Condition{
-					Type:               meta.ReadyCondition,
-					Status:             metav1.ConditionTrue,
-					Reason:             sourcev1.GitOperationSucceedReason,
-					Message:            "succeeded message",
-					ObservedGeneration: repo.GetGeneration(),
-				}
-				apimeta.SetStatusCondition(&repo.Status.Conditions, newCondition)
-				repo.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
-					Path:     "some-path",
-					Revision: "v1",
-				}
-			},
-		}, {
-			"Failed",
-			command,
-			assertError("failed message"),
-			func(repo *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				newCondition := metav1.Condition{
-					Type:               meta.ReadyCondition,
-					Status:             metav1.ConditionFalse,
-					Reason:             sourcev1.URLInvalidReason,
-					Message:            "failed message",
-					ObservedGeneration: repo.GetGeneration(),
-				}
-				apimeta.SetStatusCondition(&repo.Status.Conditions, newCondition)
-			},
-		}, {
-			"NoArtifact",
-			command,
-			assertError("GitRepository source reconciliation completed but no artifact was found"),
-			func(repo *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				// Updated with no artifact
-				newCondition := metav1.Condition{
-					Type:               meta.ReadyCondition,
-					Status:             metav1.ConditionTrue,
-					Reason:             sourcev1.GitOperationSucceedReason,
-					Message:            "succeeded message",
-					ObservedGeneration: repo.GetGeneration(),
-				}
-				apimeta.SetStatusCondition(&repo.Status.Conditions, newCondition)
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ns := allocateNamespace("podinfo")
-			setupTestNamespace(ns, t)
-			if tc.reconcile != nil {
-				r := reconciler{
-					client:    testEnv.client,
-					name:      types.NamespacedName{Namespace: ns, Name: "podinfo"},
-					reconcile: tc.reconcile,
-				}
-				r.run(t)
-			}
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tc.args + " -n=" + ns,
-				assert: tc.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_helm.go
@@ -19,21 +19,22 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/conditions"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("HelmRepository source name is required")
+	}
 	name := args[0]

 	if sourceHelmArgs.url == "" {
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", name)
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	helmRepository := &sourcev1.HelmRepository{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: sourcev1.HelmRepositorySpec{
@@ -126,10 +130,6 @@ func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		},
 	}

-	if createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout > 0 {
-		helmRepository.Spec.Timeout = &metav1.Duration{Duration: createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout}
-	}
-
 	if sourceHelmArgs.secretRef != "" {
 		helmRepository.Spec.SecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{
 			Name: sourceHelmArgs.secretRef,
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		secretName := fmt.Sprintf("helm-%s", name)
 		secretOpts := sourcesecret.Options{
 			Name:         secretName,
-			Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace:    rootArgs.namespace,
 			Username:     sourceHelmArgs.username,
 			Password:     sourceHelmArgs.password,
 			CertFilePath: sourceHelmArgs.certFile,
@@ -242,14 +242,12 @@ func isHelmRepositoryReady(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
 			return false, err
 		}

-		if c := conditions.Get(helmRepository, meta.ReadyCondition); c != nil {
-			// Confirm the Ready condition we are observing is for the
-			// current generation
-			if c.ObservedGeneration != helmRepository.GetGeneration() {
-				return false, nil
-			}
+		// Confirm the state we are observing is for the current generation
+		if helmRepository.Generation != helmRepository.Status.ObservedGeneration {
+			return false, nil
+		}

-			// Further check the Status
+		if c := apimeta.FindStatusCondition(helmRepository.Status.Conditions, meta.ReadyCondition); c != nil {
 			switch c.Status {
 			case metav1.ConditionTrue:
 				return true, nil
--- a/cmd/flux/create_tenant.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_tenant.go
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ func init() {
 }

 func createTenantCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("tenant name is required")
+	}
 	tenant := args[0]
 	if err := validation.IsQualifiedName(tenant); len(err) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid tenant name '%s': %v", tenant, err)
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ func createTenantCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if createArgs.export {
-		for i := range tenantArgs.namespaces {
+		for i, _ := range tenantArgs.namespaces {
 			if err := exportTenant(namespaces[i], accounts[i], roleBindings[i]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -156,12 +159,12 @@ func createTenantCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	for i := range tenantArgs.namespaces {
+	for i, _ := range tenantArgs.namespaces {
 		logger.Actionf("applying namespace %s", namespaces[i].Name)
 		if err := upsertNamespace(ctx, kubeClient, namespaces[i]); err != nil {
 			return err
--- a/cmd/flux/create_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_test.go
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand"
-)
-
-func Test_validateObjectName(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name  string
-		valid bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:  "flux-system",
-			valid: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "-flux-system",
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "-flux-system-",
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "third.first",
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "THirdfirst",
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "THirdfirst",
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  rand.String(63),
-			valid: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  rand.String(64),
-			valid: false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		valid := validateObjectName(tt.name)
-		if valid != tt.valid {
-			t.Errorf("expected name %q to return %t for validateObjectName func but got %t",
-				tt.name, tt.valid, valid)
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete.go
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ func (del deleteCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

 	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
-		Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+		Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 		Name:      name,
 	}

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (del deleteCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	logger.Actionf("deleting %s %s in %s namespace", del.humanKind, name, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+	logger.Actionf("deleting %s %s in %s namespace", del.humanKind, name, rootArgs.namespace)
 	err = kubeClient.Delete(ctx, del.object.asClientObject())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_alert.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_alert.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteAlertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete alert command removes the given Alert from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete an Alert and the Kubernetes resources created by it
  flux delete alert main`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.AlertKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: alertType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&notificationv1.Alert{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_alertprovider.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_alertprovider.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteAlertProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete alert-provider command removes the given Provider from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete a Provider and the Kubernetes resources created by it
  flux delete alert-provider slack`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ProviderKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: alertProviderType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&notificationv1.Provider{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_helmrelease.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ var deleteHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:    "The delete helmrelease command removes the given HelmRelease from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete a Helm release and the Kubernetes resources created by it
  flux delete hr podinfo`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: helmReleaseType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&helmv2.HelmRelease{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_image_policy.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var deleteImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete image policy command deletes the given ImagePolicy from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete an image policy
  flux delete image policy alpine3.x`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImagePolicyKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: imagePolicyType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&imagev1.ImagePolicy{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_image_repository.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_image_repository.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var deleteImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete image repository command deletes the given ImageRepository from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete an image repository
  flux delete image repository alpine`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: imageRepositoryType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&imagev1.ImageRepository{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_image_update.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_image_update.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var deleteImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete image update command deletes the given ImageUpdateAutomation from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete an image update automation
  flux delete image update latest-images`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(autov1.GroupVersion.WithKind(autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: imageUpdateAutomationType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&autov1.ImageUpdateAutomation{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_kustomization.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var deleteKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ var deleteKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:    "The delete kustomization command deletes the given Kustomization from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete a kustomization and the Kubernetes resources created by it
  flux delete kustomization podinfo`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: kustomizationType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&kustomizev1.Kustomization{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_receiver.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_receiver.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteReceiverCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete receiver command removes the given Receiver from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete an Receiver and the Kubernetes resources created by it
  flux delete receiver main`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ReceiverKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: receiverType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&notificationv1.Receiver{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_source_bucket.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_source_bucket.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var deleteSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete source bucket command deletes the given Bucket from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete a Bucket source
  flux delete source bucket podinfo`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.BucketKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: bucketType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&sourcev1.Bucket{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_source_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_source_git.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var deleteSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete source git command deletes the given GitRepository from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete a Git repository
  flux delete source git podinfo`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: gitRepositoryType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&sourcev1.GitRepository{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_source_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_source_helm.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var deleteSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var deleteSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "The delete source helm command deletes the given HelmRepository from the cluster.",
 	Example: `  # Delete a Helm repository
  flux delete source helm podinfo`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmRepositoryKind)),
 	RunE: deleteCommand{
 		apiType: helmRepositoryType,
 		object:  universalAdapter{&sourcev1.HelmRepository{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/diff.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff.go
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var diffCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "diff",
-	Short: "Diff a flux resource",
-	Long:  "The diff command is used to do a server-side dry-run on flux resources, then prints the diff.",
-}
-
-func init() {
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(diffCmd)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization.go
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/build"
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
-)
-
-var diffKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:     "kustomization",
-	Aliases: []string{"ks"},
-	Short:   "Diff Kustomization",
-	Long: `The diff command does a build, then it performs a server-side dry-run and prints the diff.
-Exit status: 0 No differences were found. 1 Differences were found. >1 diff failed with an error.`,
-	Example: `# Preview local changes as they were applied on the cluster
-flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
-	RunE:              diffKsCmdRun,
-}
-
-type diffKsFlags struct {
-	path        string
-	progressBar bool
-}
-
-var diffKsArgs diffKsFlags
-
-func init() {
-	diffKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&diffKsArgs.path, "path", "", "Path to a local directory that matches the specified Kustomization.spec.path.)")
-	diffKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&diffKsArgs.progressBar, "progress-bar", true, "Boolean to set the progress bar. The default value is true.")
-	diffCmd.AddCommand(diffKsCmd)
-}
-
-func diffKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) < 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s name is required", kustomizationType.humanKind)
-	}
-	name := args[0]
-
-	if diffKsArgs.path == "" {
-		return &RequestError{StatusCode: 2, Err: fmt.Errorf("invalid resource path %q", diffKsArgs.path)}
-	}
-
-	if fs, err := os.Stat(diffKsArgs.path); err != nil || !fs.IsDir() {
-		return &RequestError{StatusCode: 2, Err: fmt.Errorf("invalid resource path %q", diffKsArgs.path)}
-	}
-
-	var builder *build.Builder
-	var err error
-	if diffKsArgs.progressBar {
-		builder, err = build.NewBuilder(kubeconfigArgs, name, diffKsArgs.path, build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout), build.WithProgressBar())
-	} else {
-		builder, err = build.NewBuilder(kubeconfigArgs, name, diffKsArgs.path, build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout))
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return &RequestError{StatusCode: 2, Err: err}
-	}
-
-	// create a signal channel
-	sigc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	signal.Notify(sigc, os.Interrupt)
-
-	errChan := make(chan error)
-	go func() {
-		output, hasChanged, err := builder.Diff()
-		if err != nil {
-			errChan <- &RequestError{StatusCode: 2, Err: err}
-		}
-
-		cmd.Print(output)
-
-		if hasChanged {
-			errChan <- &RequestError{StatusCode: 1, Err: fmt.Errorf("identified at least one change, exiting with non-zero exit code")}
-		} else {
-			errChan <- nil
-		}
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-sigc:
-		fmt.Println("Build cancelled... exiting.")
-		return builder.Cancel()
-	case err := <-errChan:
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/build"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-)
-
-func TestDiffKustomization(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		args       string
-		objectFile string
-		assert     assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			name:       "no args",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo",
-			objectFile: "",
-			assert:     assertError("invalid resource path \"\""),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff nothing deployed",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/nothing-is-deployed.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with a deployment object",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/deployment.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-deployment.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with a drifted service object",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/service.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-drifted-service.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with a drifted secret object",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/secret.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-drifted-secret.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with a drifted key in sops secret object",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/key-sops-secret.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-drifted-key-sops-secret.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with a drifted value in sops secret object",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/value-sops-secret.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-drifted-value-sops-secret.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with a sops dockerconfigjson secret object",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/dockerconfigjson-sops-secret.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-dockerconfigjson-sops-secret.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with a sops stringdata secret object",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo --progress-bar=false",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/stringdata-sops-secret.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-drifted-stringdata-sops-secret.golden"),
-		},
-	}
-
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": allocateNamespace("flux-system"),
-	}
-
-	b, _ := build.NewBuilder(kubeconfigArgs, "podinfo", "")
-
-	resourceManager, err := b.Manager()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	setup(t, tmpl)
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if tt.objectFile != "" {
-				resourceManager.ApplyAll(context.Background(), createObjectFromFile(tt.objectFile, tmpl, t), ssa.DefaultApplyOptions())
-			}
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args + " -n " + tmpl["fluxns"],
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-			if tt.objectFile != "" {
-				testEnv.DeleteObjectFile(tt.objectFile, tmpl, t)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func createObjectFromFile(objectFile string, templateValues map[string]string, t *testing.T) []*unstructured.Unstructured {
-	buf, err := os.ReadFile(objectFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error reading file '%s': %v", objectFile, err)
-	}
-	content, err := executeTemplate(string(buf), templateValues)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error evaluating template file '%s': '%v'", objectFile, err)
-	}
-	clientObjects, err := readYamlObjects(strings.NewReader(content))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error decoding yaml file '%s': %v", objectFile, err)
-	}
-
-	if err := ssa.SetNativeKindsDefaults(clientObjects); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error setting native kinds defaults for '%s': %v", objectFile, err)
-	}
-
-	return clientObjects
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/encrypt.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/encrypt.go
@@ -20,12 +20,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )

-var buildCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "build",
-	Short: "Build a flux resource",
-	Long:  "The build command is used to build flux resources.",
+var encryptCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "encrypt",
+	Short: "Encrypt secrets using SOPS",
+	Long:  "The encrypt sub-commands initialise and manage Secret encryption using SOPS.",
 }

-func init() {
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(buildCmd)
+type encryptFlags struct {
+	export bool
+}
+
+var encryptArgs encryptFlags
+
+func init() {
+	encryptCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&encryptArgs.export, "export", false, "export in YAML format to stdout")
+
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(encryptCmd)
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/encrypt_init.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/encrypt_init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Flux authors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"filippo.io/age"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+var encryptInitCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "init",
+	Short: "Init SOPS encryption with age identity",
+	Long:  "The encryption init command creates a new age identity and writes a .sops.yaml file to the current working directory.",
+	Example: `  # Init SOPS encryption with a new age identity
+  flux encryption init`,
+	RunE: encryptInitCmdRun,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	encryptCmd.AddCommand(encryptInitCmd)
+}
+
+func encryptInitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	// Confirm our current path is in a Git repository
+	path, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := git.PlainOpen(path); err != nil {
+		if err == git.ErrRepositoryNotExists {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not in a Git repository", path)
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Abort early if .sops.yaml already exists
+	sopsCfgPath := filepath.Join(path, ".sops.yaml")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(sopsCfgPath); err == nil || os.IsExist(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' already contains a .sops.yaml config", path)
+	}
+
+	// Generate a new identity
+	i, err := age.GenerateX25519Identity()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Successf("Generated identity %s", i.Recipient().String())
+
+	// Attempt to configure identity in .sops.yaml
+	const sopsCfg = `creation_rules:
+  - path_regex: .*.yaml
+    encrypted_regex: ^(data|stringData)$
+    age: %s
+`
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(sopsCfgPath, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(sopsCfg, i.Recipient().String())), 0644); err != nil {
+		logger.Failuref("Failed to write recipient to .sops.yaml file")
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Successf("Configured recipient in .sops.yaml file")
+
+	// Init client
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create a secret
+	secret := &corev1.Secret{
+		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "sops-age",
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
+		},
+		StringData: map[string]string{
+			"flux-auto.age": i.String(),
+		},
+	}
+	if err := kubeClient.Create(ctx, secret); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Successf(`Secret '%s' with private key created`, secret.Name)
+
+	// TODO(hidde): lookup kustomize based on path ref? Do direct cluster mutation? (Preferably not!)
+	//  Feels something is missing in general to provide a user experience improving bridge between "die hard"
+	//  `--export` and "please do not do this" direct-apply-to-cluster.
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/cmd/flux/export.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
@@ -74,19 +73,19 @@ func (export exportCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

 	if exportArgs.all {
-		err = kubeClient.List(ctx, export.list.asClientList(), client.InNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace))
+		err = kubeClient.List(ctx, export.list.asClientList(), client.InNamespace(rootArgs.namespace))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

 		if export.list.len() == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("no objects found in %s namespace", *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+			return fmt.Errorf("no objects found in %s namespace", rootArgs.namespace)
 		}

 		for i := 0; i < export.list.len(); i++ {
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ func (export exportCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	} else {
 		name := args[0]
 		namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Name:      name,
 		}
 		err = kubeClient.Get(ctx, namespacedName, export.object.asClientObject())
@@ -114,8 +113,8 @@ func printExport(export interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	rootCmd.Println("---")
-	rootCmd.Println(resourceToString(data))
+	fmt.Println("---")
+	fmt.Println(resourceToString(data))
 	return nil
 }

--- a/cmd/flux/export_alert.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_alert.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var exportAlertCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a Alert
  flux export alert main > main.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.AlertKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		object: alertAdapter{&notificationv1.Alert{}},
 		list:   alertListAdapter{&notificationv1.AlertList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_alertprovider.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_alertprovider.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var exportAlertProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a Provider
  flux export alert-provider slack > slack.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ProviderKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		object: alertProviderAdapter{&notificationv1.Provider{}},
 		list:   alertProviderListAdapter{&notificationv1.ProviderList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_helmrelease.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ var exportHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a HelmRelease
  flux export hr my-app > app-release.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		object: helmReleaseAdapter{&helmv2.HelmRelease{}},
 		list:   helmReleaseListAdapter{&helmv2.HelmReleaseList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_image_policy.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var exportImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var exportImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a specific policy
  flux export image policy alpine1x > alpine1x.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImagePolicyKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		object: imagePolicyAdapter{&imagev1.ImagePolicy{}},
 		list:   imagePolicyListAdapter{&imagev1.ImagePolicyList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_image_repository.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_image_repository.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var exportImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var exportImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a specific ImageRepository resource
  flux export image repository alpine > alpine.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		object: imageRepositoryAdapter{&imagev1.ImageRepository{}},
 		list:   imageRepositoryListAdapter{&imagev1.ImageRepositoryList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_image_update.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_image_update.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var exportImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var exportImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a specific automation
  flux export image update latest-images > latest.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(autov1.GroupVersion.WithKind(autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		object: imageUpdateAutomationAdapter{&autov1.ImageUpdateAutomation{}},
 		list:   imageUpdateAutomationListAdapter{&autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_kustomization.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var exportKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ var exportKsCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a Kustomization
  flux export kustomization my-app > kustomization.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		object: kustomizationAdapter{&kustomizev1.Kustomization{}},
 		list:   kustomizationListAdapter{&kustomizev1.KustomizationList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_receiver.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_receiver.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ var exportReceiverCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a Receiver
  flux export receiver main > main.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ReceiverKind)),
 	RunE: exportCommand{
 		list:   receiverListAdapter{&notificationv1.ReceiverList{}},
 		object: receiverAdapter{&notificationv1.Receiver{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_secret.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_secret.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -59,19 +58,19 @@ func (export exportWithSecretCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) err
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

 	if exportArgs.all {
-		err = kubeClient.List(ctx, export.list.asClientList(), client.InNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace))
+		err = kubeClient.List(ctx, export.list.asClientList(), client.InNamespace(rootArgs.namespace))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

 		if export.list.len() == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("no objects found in %s namespace", *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+			return fmt.Errorf("no objects found in %s namespace", rootArgs.namespace)
 		}

 		for i := 0; i < export.list.len(); i++ {
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ func (export exportWithSecretCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) err
 	} else {
 		name := args[0]
 		namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
+			Namespace: rootArgs.namespace,
 			Name:      name,
 		}
 		err = kubeClient.Get(ctx, namespacedName, export.object.asClientObject())
--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_bucket.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_bucket.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var exportSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ var exportSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a Bucket source including the static credentials
  flux export source bucket my-bucket --with-credentials > source.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.BucketKind)),
 	RunE: exportWithSecretCommand{
 		list:   bucketListAdapter{&sourcev1.BucketList{}},
 		object: bucketAdapter{&sourcev1.Bucket{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_git.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var exportSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ var exportSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a GitRepository source including the SSH key pair or basic auth credentials
  flux export source git my-private-repo --with-credentials > source.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind)),
 	RunE: exportWithSecretCommand{
 		object: gitRepositoryAdapter{&sourcev1.GitRepository{}},
 		list:   gitRepositoryListAdapter{&sourcev1.GitRepositoryList{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_helm.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var exportSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ var exportSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{

  # Export a HelmRepository source including the basic auth credentials
  flux export source helm my-private-repo --with-credentials > source.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmRepositoryKind)),
 	RunE: exportWithSecretCommand{
 		list:   helmRepositoryListAdapter{&sourcev1.HelmRepositoryList{}},
 		object: helmRepositoryAdapter{&sourcev1.HelmRepository{}},
--- a/cmd/flux/export_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_test.go
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestExport(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		name       string
-		arg        string
-		goldenFile string
-	}{
-		{
-			"alert-provider",
-			"export alert-provider slack",
-			"testdata/export/provider.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"alert",
-			"export alert flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/alert.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"image policy",
-			"export image policy flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/image-policy.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"image repository",
-			"export image repository flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/image-repo.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"image update",
-			"export image update flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/image-update.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"source git",
-			"export source git flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/git-repo.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"source helm",
-			"export source helm flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/helm-repo.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"receiver",
-			"export receiver flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/receiver.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"kustomization",
-			"export kustomization flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/ks.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"helmrelease",
-			"export helmrelease flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/helm-release.yaml",
-		},
-		{
-			"bucket",
-			"export source bucket flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/bucket.yaml",
-		},
-	}
-
-	objectFile := "testdata/export/objects.yaml"
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": allocateNamespace("flux-system"),
-	}
-	testEnv.CreateObjectFile(objectFile, tmpl, t)
-
-	for _, tt := range cases {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.arg + " -n=" + tmpl["fluxns"],
-				assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile(tt.goldenFile, tmpl),
-			}
-
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/get.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get.go
@@ -25,37 +25,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
-	watchtools "k8s.io/client-go/tools/watch"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/printers"
 )

-type deriveType func(runtime.Object) (summarisable, error)
-
-type typeMap map[string]deriveType
-
-func (m typeMap) registerCommand(t string, f deriveType) error {
-	if _, ok := m[t]; ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("duplicate type function %s", t)
-	}
-	m[t] = f
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m typeMap) execute(t string, obj runtime.Object) (summarisable, error) {
-	f, ok := m[t]
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported type %s", t)
-	}
-	return f(obj)
-}
-
 var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "get",
 	Short: "Get the resources and their status",
@@ -63,10 +39,7 @@ var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }

 type GetFlags struct {
-	allNamespaces  bool
-	noHeader       bool
-	statusSelector string
-	watch          bool
+	allNamespaces bool
 }

 var getArgs GetFlags
@@ -74,10 +47,6 @@ var getArgs GetFlags
 func init() {
 	getCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&getArgs.allNamespaces, "all-namespaces", "A", false,
 		"list the requested object(s) across all namespaces")
-	getCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&getArgs.noHeader, "no-header", "", false, "skip the header when printing the results")
-	getCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&getArgs.watch, "watch", "w", false, "After listing/getting the requested object, watch for changes.")
-	getCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&getArgs.statusSelector, "status-selector", "",
-		"specify the status condition name and the desired state to filter the get result, e.g. ready=false")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(getCmd)
 }

@@ -85,7 +54,6 @@ type summarisable interface {
 	listAdapter
 	summariseItem(i int, includeNamespace bool, includeKind bool) []string
 	headers(includeNamespace bool) []string
-	statusSelectorMatches(i int, conditionType, conditionStatus string) bool
 }

 // --- these help with implementations of summarisable
@@ -97,20 +65,6 @@ func statusAndMessage(conditions []metav1.Condition) (string, string) {
 	return string(metav1.ConditionFalse), "waiting to be reconciled"
 }

-func statusMatches(conditionType, conditionStatus string, conditions []metav1.Condition) bool {
-	// we don't use apimeta.FindStatusCondition because we'd like to use EqualFold to compare two strings
-	var c *metav1.Condition
-	for i := range conditions {
-		if strings.EqualFold(conditions[i].Type, conditionType) {
-			c = &conditions[i]
-		}
-	}
-	if c != nil {
-		return strings.EqualFold(string(c.Status), conditionStatus)
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 func nameColumns(item named, includeNamespace bool, includeKind bool) []string {
 	name := item.GetName()
 	if includeKind {
@@ -128,146 +82,51 @@ var namespaceHeader = []string{"Namespace"}

 type getCommand struct {
 	apiType
-	list    summarisable
-	funcMap typeMap
+	list summarisable
 }

 func (get getCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs)
+	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(rootArgs.kubeconfig, rootArgs.kubecontext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

 	var listOpts []client.ListOption
 	if !getArgs.allNamespaces {
-		listOpts = append(listOpts, client.InNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace))
+		listOpts = append(listOpts, client.InNamespace(rootArgs.namespace))
 	}

 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		listOpts = append(listOpts, client.MatchingFields{"metadata.name": args[0]})
 	}

-	getAll := cmd.Use == "all"
-
-	if getArgs.watch {
-		return get.watch(ctx, kubeClient, cmd, args, listOpts)
-	}
-
 	err = kubeClient.List(ctx, get.list.asClientList(), listOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

+	getAll := cmd.Use == "all"
+
 	if get.list.len() == 0 {
 		if !getAll {
-			logger.Failuref("no %s objects found in %s namespace", get.kind, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+			logger.Failuref("no %s objects found in %s namespace", get.kind, rootArgs.namespace)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}

-	var header []string
-	if !getArgs.noHeader {
-		header = get.list.headers(getArgs.allNamespaces)
-	}
-
-	rows, err := getRowsToPrint(getAll, get.list)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = printers.TablePrinter(header).Print(cmd.OutOrStdout(), rows)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	header := get.list.headers(getArgs.allNamespaces)
+	var rows [][]string
+	for i := 0; i < get.list.len(); i++ {
+		row := get.list.summariseItem(i, getArgs.allNamespaces, getAll)
+		rows = append(rows, row)
 	}
+	utils.PrintTable(os.Stdout, header, rows)

 	if getAll {
 		fmt.Println()
 	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func getRowsToPrint(getAll bool, list summarisable) ([][]string, error) {
-	noFilter := true
-	var conditionType, conditionStatus string
-	if getArgs.statusSelector != "" {
-		parts := strings.SplitN(getArgs.statusSelector, "=", 2)
-		if len(parts) != 2 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected status selector in type=status format, but found: %s", getArgs.statusSelector)
-		}
-		conditionType = parts[0]
-		conditionStatus = parts[1]
-		noFilter = false
-	}
-	var rows [][]string
-	for i := 0; i < list.len(); i++ {
-		if noFilter || list.statusSelectorMatches(i, conditionType, conditionStatus) {
-			row := list.summariseItem(i, getArgs.allNamespaces, getAll)
-			rows = append(rows, row)
-		}
-	}
-	return rows, nil
-}
-
-//
-// watch starts a client-side watch of one or more resources.
-func (get *getCommand) watch(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.WithWatch, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, listOpts []client.ListOption) error {
-	w, err := kubeClient.Watch(ctx, get.list.asClientList(), listOpts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	_, err = watchUntil(ctx, w, get)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func watchUntil(ctx context.Context, w watch.Interface, get *getCommand) (bool, error) {
-	firstIteration := true
-	_, error := watchtools.UntilWithoutRetry(ctx, w, func(e watch.Event) (bool, error) {
-		objToPrint := e.Object
-		sink, err := get.funcMap.execute(get.apiType.kind, objToPrint)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-
-		var header []string
-		if !getArgs.noHeader {
-			header = sink.headers(getArgs.allNamespaces)
-		}
-		rows, err := getRowsToPrint(false, sink)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-		if firstIteration {
-			err = printers.TablePrinter(header).Print(os.Stdout, rows)
-			if err != nil {
-				return false, err
-			}
-			firstIteration = false
-		} else {
-			err = printers.TablePrinter([]string{}).Print(os.Stdout, rows)
-			if err != nil {
-				return false, err
-			}
-		}
-
-		return false, nil
-	})
-
-	return false, error
-}
-
-func validateWatchOption(cmd *cobra.Command, toMatch string) error {
-	w, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("watch")
-	if cmd.Use == toMatch && w {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected a single resource type, but found %s", cmd.Use)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/get_alert.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_alert.go
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"

 	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )
@@ -34,40 +32,10 @@ var getAlertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:    "The get alert command prints the statuses of the resources.",
 	Example: `  # List all Alerts and their status
  flux get alerts`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.AlertKind)),
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		get := getCommand{
-			apiType: alertType,
-			list:    &alertListAdapter{&notificationv1.AlertList{}},
-			funcMap: make(typeMap),
-		}
-
-		err := get.funcMap.registerCommand(get.apiType.kind, func(obj runtime.Object) (summarisable, error) {
-			o, ok := obj.(*notificationv1.Alert)
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Impossible to cast type %#v alert", obj)
-			}
-
-			sink := alertListAdapter{
-				&notificationv1.AlertList{
-					Items: []notificationv1.Alert{
-						*o,
-					},
-				},
-			}
-			return sink, nil
-		})
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := get.run(cmd, args); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	},
+	RunE: getCommand{
+		apiType: alertType,
+		list:    &alertListAdapter{&notificationv1.AlertList{}},
+	}.run,
 }

 func init() {
@@ -77,18 +45,13 @@ func init() {
 func (s alertListAdapter) summariseItem(i int, includeNamespace bool, includeKind bool) []string {
 	item := s.Items[i]
 	status, msg := statusAndMessage(item.Status.Conditions)
-	return append(nameColumns(&item, includeNamespace, includeKind), strings.Title(strconv.FormatBool(item.Spec.Suspend)), status, msg)
+	return append(nameColumns(&item, includeNamespace, includeKind), status, msg, strings.Title(strconv.FormatBool(item.Spec.Suspend)))
 }

 func (s alertListAdapter) headers(includeNamespace bool) []string {
-	headers := []string{"Name", "Suspended", "Ready", "Message"}
+	headers := []string{"Name", "Ready", "Message", "Suspended"}
 	if includeNamespace {
 		return append(namespaceHeader, headers...)
 	}
 	return headers
 }
-
-func (s alertListAdapter) statusSelectorMatches(i int, conditionType, conditionStatus string) bool {
-	item := s.Items[i]
-	return statusMatches(conditionType, conditionStatus, item.Status.Conditions)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/get_alertprovider.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_alertprovider.go
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"

 	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )
@@ -32,40 +29,10 @@ var getAlertProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:    "The get alert-provider command prints the statuses of the resources.",
 	Example: `  # List all Providers and their status
  flux get alert-providers`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ProviderKind)),
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		get := getCommand{
-			apiType: alertProviderType,
-			list:    alertProviderListAdapter{&notificationv1.ProviderList{}},
-			funcMap: make(typeMap),
-		}
-
-		err := get.funcMap.registerCommand(get.apiType.kind, func(obj runtime.Object) (summarisable, error) {
-			o, ok := obj.(*notificationv1.Provider)
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Impossible to cast type %#v alert-provider", obj)
-			}
-
-			sink := alertProviderListAdapter{
-				&notificationv1.ProviderList{
-					Items: []notificationv1.Provider{
-						*o,
-					},
-				},
-			}
-			return sink, nil
-		})
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := get.run(cmd, args); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	},
+	RunE: getCommand{
+		apiType: alertProviderType,
+		list:    alertProviderListAdapter{&notificationv1.ProviderList{}},
+	}.run,
 }

 func init() {
@@ -85,8 +52,3 @@ func (s alertProviderListAdapter) headers(includeNamespace bool) []string {
 	}
 	return headers
 }
-
-func (s alertProviderListAdapter) statusSelectorMatches(i int, conditionType, conditionStatus string) bool {
-	item := s.Items[i]
-	return statusMatches(conditionType, conditionStatus, item.Status.Conditions)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/get_all.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_all.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

 	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta1"
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta1"
 	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@ var getAllCmd = &cobra.Command{
  # List all resources in all namespaces
  flux get all --all-namespaces`,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		err := validateWatchOption(cmd, "all")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		err = getSourceAllCmd.RunE(cmd, args)
+		err := getSourceAllCmd.RunE(cmd, args)
 		if err != nil {
 			logError(err)
 		}
--- a/cmd/flux/get_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_helmrelease.go
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

 	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta1"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )

 var getHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -33,37 +31,10 @@ var getHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:    "The get helmreleases command prints the statuses of the resources.",
 	Example: `  # List all Helm releases and their status
  flux get helmreleases`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind)),
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		get := getCommand{
-			apiType: helmReleaseType,
-			list:    &helmReleaseListAdapter{&helmv2.HelmReleaseList{}},
-			funcMap: make(typeMap),
-		}
-
-		err := get.funcMap.registerCommand(get.apiType.kind, func(obj runtime.Object) (summarisable, error) {
-			o, ok := obj.(*helmv2.HelmRelease)
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Impossible to cast type %#v helmrelease", obj)
-			}
-
-			sink := helmReleaseListAdapter{&helmv2.HelmReleaseList{
-				Items: []helmv2.HelmRelease{
-					*o,
-				}}}
-			return sink, nil
-		})
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := get.run(cmd, args); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	},
+	RunE: getCommand{
+		apiType: helmReleaseType,
+		list:    &helmReleaseListAdapter{&helmv2.HelmReleaseList{}},
+	}.run,
 }

 func init() {
@@ -75,18 +46,13 @@ func (a helmReleaseListAdapter) summariseItem(i int, includeNamespace bool, incl
 	revision := item.Status.LastAppliedRevision
 	status, msg := statusAndMessage(item.Status.Conditions)
 	return append(nameColumns(&item, includeNamespace, includeKind),
-		revision, strings.Title(strconv.FormatBool(item.Spec.Suspend)), status, msg)
+		status, msg, revision, strings.Title(strconv.FormatBool(item.Spec.Suspend)))
 }

 func (a helmReleaseListAdapter) headers(includeNamespace bool) []string {
-	headers := []string{"Name", "Revision", "Suspended", "Ready", "Message"}
+	headers := []string{"Name", "Ready", "Message", "Revision", "Suspended"}
 	if includeNamespace {
 		headers = append([]string{"Namespace"}, headers...)
 	}
 	return headers
 }
-
-func (a helmReleaseListAdapter) statusSelectorMatches(i int, conditionType, conditionStatus string) bool {
-	item := a.Items[i]
-	return statusMatches(conditionType, conditionStatus, item.Status.Conditions)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/get_image_all.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_image_all.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1alpha2"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var getImageAllCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ var getImageAllCmd = &cobra.Command{
  # List all image objects in all namespaces
  flux get images all --all-namespaces`,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		err := validateWatchOption(cmd, "all")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
 		var allImageCmd = []getCommand{
 			{
 				apiType: imageRepositoryType,
--- a/cmd/flux/get_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_image_policy.go
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main

 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha2"
 )

 var getImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -34,37 +31,10 @@ var getImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{

 # List image policies from all namespaces
  flux get image policy --all-namespaces`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImagePolicyKind)),
-	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		get := getCommand{
-			apiType: imagePolicyType,
-			list:    &imagePolicyListAdapter{&imagev1.ImagePolicyList{}},
-			funcMap: make(typeMap),
-		}
-
-		err := get.funcMap.registerCommand(get.apiType.kind, func(obj runtime.Object) (summarisable, error) {
-			o, ok := obj.(*imagev1.ImagePolicy)
-			if !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Impossible to cast type %#v policy", obj)
-			}
-
-			sink := imagePolicyListAdapter{&imagev1.ImagePolicyList{
-				Items: []imagev1.ImagePolicy{
-					*o,
-				}}}
-			return sink, nil
-		})
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := get.run(cmd, args); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	},
+	RunE: getCommand{
+		apiType: imagePolicyType,
+		list:    &imagePolicyListAdapter{&imagev1.ImagePolicyList{}},
+	}.run,
 }

 func init() {
@@ -74,18 +44,13 @@ func init() {
 func (s imagePolicyListAdapter) summariseItem(i int, includeNamespace bool, includeKind bool) []string {
 	item := s.Items[i]
 	status, msg := statusAndMessage(item.Status.Conditions)
-	return append(nameColumns(&item, includeNamespace, includeKind), item.Status.LatestImage, status, msg)
+	return append(nameColumns(&item, includeNamespace, includeKind), status, msg, item.Status.LatestImage)
 }

 func (s imagePolicyListAdapter) headers(includeNamespace bool) []string {
-	headers := []string{"Name", "Latest image", "Ready", "Message"}
+	headers := []string{"Name", "Ready", "Message", "Latest image"}
 	if includeNamespace {
 		return append(namespaceHeader, headers...)
 	}
 	return headers
 }
-
-func (s imagePolicyListAdapter) statusSelectorMatches(i int, conditionType, conditionStatus string) bool {
-	item := s.Items[i]
-	return statusMatches(conditionType, conditionStatus, item.Status.Conditions)
-}
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More