Merge pull request #3763 from souleb/feat-ignore

Add the possibility to ignore files with build and diff Kustomization

.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: e2e-arm64
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    branches: [ main, update-components, e2e-arm64* ]
+    branches: [ main, update-components, release-* ]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -16,14 +16,18 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # Keep this list up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
-        KUBERNETES_VERSION: [ 1.23.13, 1.24.7, 1.25.3 ]
+        # Check which versions are available on DockerHub with 'crane ls kindest/node'
+        KUBERNETES_VERSION: [ 1.24.7, 1.25.3, 1.26.0 ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
+        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
       - name: Prepare
         id: prep
         run: |

.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml

@@ -15,18 +15,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
-      - name: Restore Go cache
-        uses: actions/cache@9b0c1fce7a93df8e3bb8926b0d6e9d89e92f20a7
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-
+        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
       - name: Setup Flux CLI
         run: |
           make build

.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name: e2e-bootstrap
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [ main, release-* ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [ main, release-* ]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -16,25 +16,25 @@ jobs:
     if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
-      - name: Restore Go cache
-        uses: actions/cache@9b0c1fce7a93df8e3bb8926b0d6e9d89e92f20a7
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-
+        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@aa272fe2a7309878ffc2a81c56cfe3ef108ae7d0 # v0.5.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@d8ccf8fb623ce1bb360ae2f45f323d9d5c5e9f00 # v1.5.0
         with:
-          version: v0.16.0
-          image: kindest/node:v1.25.2@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace
+          version: v0.17.0
+          cluster_name: kind
+          # The versions below should target the newest Kubernetes version
+          # Keep this up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
+          node_image: kindest/node:v1.26.0
+          kubectl_version: v1.26.2
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
       - name: Build
         run: |
           make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
           PSEUDO_RAND_SUFFIX=$(echo "${BRANCH_NAME}-${COMMIT_SHA}" | shasum | awk '{print $1}')
           TEST_REPO_NAME="${REPOSITORY_NAME}-${PSEUDO_RAND_SUFFIX}"
-          echo "::set-output name=test_repo_name::$TEST_REPO_NAME"
+          echo "test_repo_name=$TEST_REPO_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: bootstrap init
         run: |
           /tmp/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/install/ \
@@ -84,13 +84,6 @@ jobs:
           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

.github/workflows/e2e.yaml

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name: e2e
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [ main, release-* ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main, oci ]
+    branches: [ main, release-* ]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -20,30 +20,30 @@ jobs:
           - 5000:5000
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
-      - name: Restore Go cache
-        uses: actions/cache@9b0c1fce7a93df8e3bb8926b0d6e9d89e92f20a7
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-
+        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@aa272fe2a7309878ffc2a81c56cfe3ef108ae7d0 # v0.5.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@d8ccf8fb623ce1bb360ae2f45f323d9d5c5e9f00 # v1.5.0
         with:
-          version: v0.11.1
-          image: kindest/node:v1.23.13
+          version: v0.17.0
+          cluster_name: kind
           config: .github/kind/config.yaml # disable KIND-net
+          # The versions below should target the newest Kubernetes version
+          # Keep this up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
+          node_image: kindest/node:v1.26.0
+          kubectl_version: v1.26.2
       - 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/v3.25/manifests/calico.yaml
           kubectl -n kube-system set env daemonset/calico-node FELIX_IGNORELOOSERPF=true
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
       - name: Run tests
         run: make test
       - name: Run e2e tests
@@ -77,21 +77,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           /tmp/flux create source git podinfo \
             --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo  \
-            --tag-semver=">=3.2.3"
+            --tag-semver=">=6.3.5"
       - name: flux create source git export apply
         run: |
           /tmp/flux create source git podinfo-export \
             --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo  \
-            --tag-semver=">=3.2.3" \
+            --tag-semver=">=6.3.5" \
             --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
@@ -146,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
             --target-namespace=default \
             --source=HelmRepository/podinfo.flux-system \
             --chart=podinfo \
-            --chart-version=">4.0.0 <5.0.0"
+            --chart-version=">6.0.0 <7.0.0"
       - name: flux create helmrelease --source=GitRepository/podinfo
         run: |
           /tmp/flux create hr podinfo-git \
@@ -182,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
           /tmp/flux push artifact oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux:${{ github.sha }} \
             --path="./manifests" \
             --source="${{ github.repositoryUrl }}" \
-            --revision="${{ github.ref }}/${{ github.sha }}"
+            --revision="${{ github.ref }}@sha1:${{ github.sha }}"
           /tmp/flux tag artifact oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux:${{ github.sha }} \
             --tag latest
           /tmp/flux list artifacts oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux
@@ -190,11 +183,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           /tmp/flux create source oci podinfo-oci \
             --url oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo \
-            --tag-semver 6.1.x \
+            --tag-semver 6.3.x \
             --interval 10m
           /tmp/flux create kustomization podinfo-oci \
             --source=OCIRepository/podinfo-oci \
-            --path="./kustomize" \
+            --path="./" \
             --prune=true \
             --interval=5m \
             --target-namespace=default \
@@ -215,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
           /tmp/flux -n apps create hr podinfo-helm \
             --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
             --chart=podinfo \
-            --chart-version="5.0.x" \
+            --chart-version="6.3.x" \
             --service-account=dev-team
       - name: flux2-kustomize-helm-example
         run: |

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -16,32 +16,33 @@ jobs:
       packages: write # needed for ghcr access
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
+        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Unshallow
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache: false
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@e81a89b1732b9c48d79cd809d8d81d79c4647a18 # v2
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@e81a89b1732b9c48d79cd809d8d81d79c4647a18 # v2.1.0
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8c0edbc76e98fa90f69d9a2c020dcb50019dc325  # v2
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4b4e9c3e2d4531116a6f8ba8e71fc6e2cb6e6c8c  # v2.5.0
       - name: Setup Syft
-        uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@06e109483e6aa305a2b2395eabae554e51530e1d # v0.13.1
+        uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@422cb34a0f8b599678c41b21163ea6088edb2624 # v0.14.1
       - name: Setup Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@9becc617647dfa20ae7b1151972e9b3a2c338a2b # v2.8.1
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@c3667d99424e7e6047999fb6246c0da843953c65 # v3.0.1
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: fluxcdbot
           password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a  # v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a  # v2.1.0
         with:
           username: fluxcdbot
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           kustomize build manifests/crds > all-crds.yaml
       - name: Generate OpenAPI JSON schemas from CRDs
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/crdjsonschema@main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/crdjsonschema@main
         with:
           crd: all-crds.yaml
           output: schemas
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Run GoReleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@8f67e590f2d095516493f017008adc464e63adb1 # v3
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@f82d6c1c344bcacabba2c841718984797f664a6b # v4.2.0
         with:
           version: latest
           args: release --release-notes=output/notes.md --skip-validate
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       packages: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Setup Kustomize
         uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
       - name: Setup Flux CLI
@@ -97,15 +98,15 @@ jobs:
         id: prep
         run: |
           VERSION=$(flux version --client | awk '{ print $NF }')
-          echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${VERSION}
+          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Login to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: fluxcdbot
           password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
         with:
           username: fluxcdbot
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
@@ -117,10 +118,10 @@ jobs:
           --export > ./ghcr.io/flux-system/gotk-components.yaml
           
           cd ./ghcr.io && flux push artifact \
-          oci://ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }} \
+          oci://ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }} \
           --path="./flux-system" \
           --source=${{ github.repositoryUrl }} \
-          --revision="${{ github.ref_name }}/${{ github.sha }}"
+          --revision="${{ github.ref_name }}@sha1:${{ github.sha }}"
       - name: Push manifests to DockerHub
         run: |
           mkdir -p ./docker.io/flux-system
@@ -129,21 +130,21 @@ jobs:
           --export > ./docker.io/flux-system/gotk-components.yaml
           
           cd ./docker.io && flux push artifact \
-          oci://docker.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }} \
+          oci://docker.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }} \
           --path="./flux-system" \
           --source=${{ github.repositoryUrl }} \
-          --revision="${{ github.ref_name }}/${{ github.sha }}"
-      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@9becc617647dfa20ae7b1151972e9b3a2c338a2b # v2.8.1
+          --revision="${{ github.ref_name }}@sha1:${{ github.sha }}"
+      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@c3667d99424e7e6047999fb6246c0da843953c65 # v3.0.1
       - name: Sign manifests
         env:
           COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL: 1
         run: |
-          cosign sign ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }}
-          cosign sign docker.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }}
+          cosign sign --yes ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
+          cosign sign --yes docker.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
       - name: Tag manifests
         run: |
-          flux tag artifact oci://ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }} \
+          flux tag artifact oci://ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }} \
           --tag latest
 
-          flux tag artifact oci://docker.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.VERSION }} \
+          flux tag artifact oci://docker.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }} \
           --tag latest

.github/workflows/scan.yaml

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Run FOSSA scan and upload build data
-        uses: fossa-contrib/fossa-action@6cffaa064112e1cf9b5798c6224f9487dc1ec316 # v1
+        uses: fossa-contrib/fossa-action@6728dc6fe9a068c648d080c33829ffbe56565023 # v2.0.0
         with:
           # FOSSA Push-Only API Token
           fossa-api-key: 5ee8bf422db1471e0bcf2bcb289185de
@@ -31,21 +31,29 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
     if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg//actions/kustomize@main
-      - name: Build manifests
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
+      - name: Download modules and build manifests
         run: |
+          make tidy
           make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
-      - name: Run Snyk to check for vulnerabilities
-        uses: snyk/actions/golang@1cc9026f51d822442cb4b872d8d7ead8cc69a018 # v0.3.0
+      - uses: snyk/actions/setup@806182742461562b67788a64410098c9d9b96adb
+      - name:  Run Snyk to check for vulnerabilities
         continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          snyk test --sarif-file-output=snyk.sarif
         env:
           SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          args: --sarif-file-output=snyk.sarif
       - name: Upload result to GitHub Code Scanning
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@959cbb7472c4d4ad70cdfe6f4976053fe48ab394 # v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@04df1262e6247151b5ac09cd2c303ac36ad3f62b # v2.2.9
         with:
           sarif_file: snyk.sarif
 
@@ -56,16 +64,19 @@ jobs:
     if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568
+        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@959cbb7472c4d4ad70cdfe6f4976053fe48ab394 # v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@04df1262e6247151b5ac09cd2c303ac36ad3f62b # v2.2.9
         with:
           languages: go
       - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@959cbb7472c4d4ad70cdfe6f4976053fe48ab394 # v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@04df1262e6247151b5ac09cd2c303ac36ad3f62b # v2.2.9
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@959cbb7472c4d4ad70cdfe6f4976053fe48ab394 # v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@04df1262e6247151b5ac09cd2c303ac36ad3f62b # v2.2.9

.github/workflows/update.yaml

@@ -18,15 +18,18 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@755da8c3cf115ac066823e79a1e1788f8940201b
+        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
       - name: Update component versions
         id: update
         run: |
-          PR_BODY=""
+          PR_BODY=$(mktemp)
 
           bump_version() {
             local LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/$1/releases | jq -r 'sort_by(.published_at) | .[-1] | .tag_name')
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ jobs:
             fi
 
             if [[ "$changed" == true ]]; then
-              PR_BODY="$PR_BODY- $1 to ${LATEST_VERSION}%0A  https://github.com/fluxcd/$1/blob/${LATEST_VERSION}/CHANGELOG.md%0A"
+              echo "- $1 to ${LATEST_VERSION}" >> $PR_BODY
+              echo "  https://github.com/fluxcd/$1/blob/${LATEST_VERSION}/CHANGELOG.md" >> $PR_BODY
             fi
           }
 
@@ -70,12 +74,17 @@ jobs:
             git diff
 
             # export PR_BODY for PR and commit
-            echo "::set-output name=pr_body::$PR_BODY"
+            # NB: this may look strange but it is the way it should be done to
+            # maintain our precious newlines
+            # Ref: https://github.com/github/docs/issues/21529
+            echo 'pr_body<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            cat $PR_BODY >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           }
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@2b011faafdcbc9ceb11414d64d0573f37c774b04 # v4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@38e0b6e68b4c852a5500a94740f0e535e0d7ba54 # v4.2.4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: |

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ signs:
     certificate: '${artifact}.pem'
     args:
       - sign-blob
+      - "--yes"
       - '--output-certificate=${certificate}'
       - '--output-signature=${signature}'
       - '${artifact}'
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ docker_signs:
       - COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1
     args:
       - sign
+      - "--yes"
       - '${artifact}'
     artifacts: all
     output: true

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ for source changes.
 
 Prerequisites:
 
-* go >= 1.19
+* go >= 1.20
 * kubectl >= 1.20
 * kustomize >= 4.4
 * coreutils (on Mac OS)

Dockerfile

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-FROM alpine:3.16 as builder
+FROM alpine:3.17 as builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl
 
 ARG ARCH=linux/amd64
-ARG KUBECTL_VER=1.25.4
+ARG KUBECTL_VER=1.26.2
 
 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:3.16 as flux-cli
+FROM alpine:3.17 as flux-cli
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
 

Makefile

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ rwildcard=$(foreach d,$(wildcard $(addsuffix *,$(1))),$(call rwildcard,$(d)/,$(2
 all: test build
 
 tidy:
-	go mod tidy -compat=1.19
-	cd tests/azure && go mod tidy -compat=1.19
+	go mod tidy -compat=1.20
+	cd tests/azure && go mod tidy -compat=1.20
 
 fmt:
 	go fmt ./...

action/README.md

@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ You can download a specific version with:
           version: 0.32.0
 ```
 
+You can also authenticate against the GitHub API using GitHub Actions' `GITHUB_TOKEN` secret.
+
+For more information, please [read about the GitHub token secret](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#about-the-github_token-secret).
+
+```yaml
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Flux CLI
+        uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+```
+
+This is useful if you are seeing failures on shared runners, those failures are usually API limits being hit.
+
 ### Automate Flux updates
 
 Example workflow for updating Flux's components generated with `flux bootstrap --path=clusters/production`:
@@ -47,12 +61,16 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 * * * *"
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   components:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup Flux CLI
         uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
       - name: Check for updates
@@ -62,9 +80,9 @@ jobs:
             --export > ./clusters/production/flux-system/gotk-components.yaml
 
           VERSION="$(flux -v)"
-          echo "::set-output name=flux_version::$VERSION"
+          echo "flux_version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
         with:
             token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
             branch: update-flux
@@ -114,24 +132,31 @@ jobs:
           flux push artifact $OCI_REPO:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) \
             --path="./deploy" \
             --source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
-            --revision="$(git branch --show-current)/$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+            --revision="$(git branch --show-current)@sha1:$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
       - name: Deploy manifests to staging
         run: |
           flux tag artifact $OCI_REPO:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) --tag staging
 ```
 
-Example workflow for publishing Kubernetes manifests bundled as OCI artifacts to Docker Hub:
+### Push and sign Kubernetes manifests to container registries
+
+Example workflow for publishing Kubernetes manifests bundled as OCI artifacts
+which are signed with Cosign and GitHub OIDC:
 
 ```yaml
-name: push-artifact-production
+name: push-sign-artifact
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - '*'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+
+permissions:
+  packages: write # needed for ghcr.io access
+  id-token: write # needed for keyless signing
 
 env:
-  OCI_REPO: "oci://docker.io/my-org/app-config"
+  OCI_REPO: "oci://ghcr.io/my-org/manifests/${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
 
 jobs:
   kubernetes:
@@ -141,23 +166,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup Flux CLI
         uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+      - name: Setup Cosign
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
+      - name: Login to GHCR
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Generate manifests
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Push and sign manifests
         run: |
-          kustomize build ./manifests/production > ./deploy/app.yaml
-      - name: Push manifests
-        run: |
-          flux push artifact $OCI_REPO:$(git tag --points-at HEAD) \
-            --path="./deploy" \
-            --source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
-            --revision="$(git tag --points-at HEAD)/$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-      - name: Deploy manifests to production
-        run: |
-          flux tag artifact $OCI_REPO:$(git tag --points-at HEAD) --tag production
+          digest_url=$(flux push artifact \
+          $OCI_REPO:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) \
+          --path="./manifests" \
+          --source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
+          --revision="$(git branch --show-current)@sha1:$(git rev-parse HEAD)" |\
+          jq -r '. | .repository + "@" + .digest')
+
+          cosign sign $digest_url
 ```
 
 ### End-to-end testing
@@ -177,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup Flux CLI
         uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
       - name: Setup Kubernetes Kind

action/action.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ inputs:
   bindir:
     description: "Optional location of the Flux binary. Will not use sudo if set. Updates System Path."
     required: false
+  token:
+    description: "GitHub Token used to authentication against the API (generally only needed to prevent quota limit errors)"
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -23,20 +26,29 @@ runs:
       run: |
         ARCH=${{ inputs.arch }}
         VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}
+        TOKEN=${{ inputs.token }}
 
-        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-)
+        if [ -z "${VERSION}" ]; then
+          if [ -n "${TOKEN}" ]; then
+            VERSION_SLUG=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/flux2/releases/latest --silent --location --header "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" | grep tag_name)
+          else
+            # With no GITHUB_TOKEN you will experience occasional failures due to rate limiting
+            # Ref: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/issues/3509#issuecomment-1400820992
+            VERSION_SLUG=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/flux2/releases/latest --silent --location | grep tag_name)
+          fi
+
+          VERSION=$(echo "${VERSION_SLUG}" | 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"
-        curl -sL ${BIN_URL} -o /tmp/flux.tar.gz
+        curl --silent --fail --location "${BIN_URL}" --output /tmp/flux.tar.gz
         mkdir -p /tmp/flux
         tar -C /tmp/flux/ -zxvf /tmp/flux.tar.gz
     - name: "Copy Flux binary to execute location"
       shell: bash
       run: |
         BINDIR=${{ inputs.bindir }}
-        if [ -z $BINDIR ]; then
+        if [ -z "${BINDIR}" ]; then
           sudo cp /tmp/flux/flux /usr/local/bin
         else
           cp /tmp/flux/flux "${BINDIR}"

cmd/flux/alert.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 // notificationv1.Alert

cmd/flux/alert_provider.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 // notificationv1.Provider

cmd/flux/bootstrap.go

@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 )
 
 var bootstrapCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bootstrap",
-	Short: "Bootstrap toolkit components",
-	Long:  "The bootstrap sub-commands bootstrap the toolkit components on the targeted Git provider.",
+	Short: "Deploy Flux on a cluster the GitOps way.",
+	Long: `The bootstrap sub-commands push the Flux manifests to a Git repository
+and deploy Flux on the cluster.`,
 }
 
 type bootstrapFlags struct {
 	version  string
-	arch     flags.Arch
 	logLevel flags.LogLevel
 
 	branch            string
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ func init() {
 		"list of components in addition to those supplied or defaulted, accepts values such as 'image-reflector-controller,image-automation-controller'")
 
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.registry, "registry", "ghcr.io/fluxcd",
-		"container registry where the toolkit images are published")
+		"container registry where the Flux controller images are published")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret, "image-pull-secret", "",
-		"Kubernetes secret name used for pulling the toolkit images from a private registry")
+		"Kubernetes secret name used for pulling the controller images from a private registry")
 
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.branch, "branch", bootstrapDefaultBranch, "Git branch")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&bootstrapArgs.recurseSubmodules, "recurse-submodules", false,
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.manifestsPath, "manifests", "", "path to the manifest directory")
 
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&bootstrapArgs.watchAllNamespaces, "watch-all-namespaces", true,
-		"watch for custom resources in all namespaces, if set to false it will only watch the namespace where the toolkit is installed")
+		"watch for custom resources in all namespaces, if set to false it will only watch the namespace where the Flux controllers are installed")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&bootstrapArgs.networkPolicy, "network-policy", true,
-		"deny ingress access to the toolkit controllers from other namespaces using network policies")
+		"setup Kubernetes network policies to deny ingress access to the Flux controllers from other namespaces")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth, "token-auth", false,
-		"when enabled, the personal access token will be used instead of SSH deploy key")
+		"when enabled, the personal access token will be used instead of the SSH deploy key")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&bootstrapArgs.logLevel, "log-level", bootstrapArgs.logLevel.Description())
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.clusterDomain, "cluster-domain", rootArgs.defaults.ClusterDomain, "internal cluster domain")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&bootstrapArgs.tolerationKeys, "toleration-keys", nil,
-		"list of toleration keys used to schedule the components pods onto nodes with matching taints")
+		"list of toleration keys used to schedule the controller pods onto nodes with matching taints")
 
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.secretName, "secret-name", rootArgs.defaults.Namespace, "name of the secret the sync credentials can be found in or stored to")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm, "ssh-key-algorithm", bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm.Description())
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ func init() {
 
 	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())
-	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("arch", "multi-arch container image is now available for AMD64, ARMv7 and ARM64")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkHidden("manifests")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(bootstrapCmd)

cmd/flux/bootstrap_bitbucket_server.go

@@ -26,41 +26,38 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/bootstrap"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/bootstrap/provider"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap/provider"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
 )
 
 var bootstrapBServerCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bitbucket-server",
-	Short: "Bootstrap toolkit components in a Bitbucket Server repository",
+	Short: "Deploy Flux on a cluster connected to 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.
+commits the Flux 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,
+If the Flux 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
+  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<project> --username=<user> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --token-auth --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # 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>
+  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<project> --username=<user> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # 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
+  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<user> --repository=<repository name> --private=false --personal --hostname=<domain> --token-auth --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # 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`,
+  flux bootstrap bitbucket-server --owner=<project> --username=<user> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main --hostname=<domain> --token-auth --path=clusters/my-cluster`,
 	RunE: bootstrapBServerCmdRun,
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +244,6 @@ func bootstrapBServerCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
 		TargetPath:        bServerArgs.path.ToSlash(),
 		ManifestFile:      sync.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
-		GitImplementation: sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.String(),
 		RecurseSubmodules: bootstrapArgs.recurseSubmodules,
 	}
 

cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go

@@ -28,44 +28,44 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/bootstrap"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit"
 )
 
 var bootstrapGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "git",
-	Short: "Bootstrap toolkit components in a Git repository",
-	Long: `The bootstrap git command commits the toolkit components manifests to the
-branch of a Git repository. It then configures the target cluster to synchronize with
-the repository. If the toolkit components are present on the cluster, the bootstrap
+	Short: "Deploy Flux on a cluster connected to a Git repository",
+	Long: `The bootstrap git command commits the Flux manifests to the
+branch of a Git repository. And then it configures the target cluster to synchronize with
+that repository. If the Flux components are present on the cluster, the bootstrap
 command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
 	Example: `  # Run bootstrap for a Git repository and authenticate with your SSH agent
-  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@example.com/repository.git
+  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@example.com/repository.git --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a Git repository and authenticate using a password
-  flux bootstrap git --url=https://example.com/repository.git --password=<password>
+  flux bootstrap git --url=https://example.com/repository.git --password=<password> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a Git repository and authenticate using a password from environment variable
-  GIT_PASSWORD=<password> && flux bootstrap git --url=https://example.com/repository.git
+  GIT_PASSWORD=<password> && flux bootstrap git --url=https://example.com/repository.git --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a Git repository with a passwordless private key
-  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@example.com/repository.git --private-key-file=<path/to/private.key>
+  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@example.com/repository.git --private-key-file=<path/to/private.key> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a Git repository with a private key and password
-  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@example.com/repository.git --private-key-file=<path/to/private.key> --password=<password>
+  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@example.com/repository.git --private-key-file=<path/to/private.key> --password=<password> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a Git repository on AWS CodeCommit
-  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://<SSH-Key-ID>@git-codecommit.<region>.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/<repository> --private-key-file=<path/to/private.key> --password=<SSH-passphrase>
+  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://<SSH-Key-ID>@git-codecommit.<region>.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/<repository> --private-key-file=<path/to/private.key> --password=<SSH-passphrase> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a Git repository on Azure Devops
-  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@ssh.dev.azure.com/v3/<org>/<project>/<repository> --ssh-key-algorithm=rsa --ssh-rsa-bits=4096
+  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@ssh.dev.azure.com/v3/<org>/<project>/<repository> --ssh-key-algorithm=rsa --ssh-rsa-bits=4096 --path=clusters/my-cluster
 `,
 	RunE: bootstrapGitCmdRun,
 }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&gitArgs.username, "username", "u", "git", "basic authentication username")
 	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&gitArgs.password, "password", "p", "", "basic authentication password")
 	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&gitArgs.silent, "silent", "s", false, "assumes the deploy key is already setup, skips confirmation")
-	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitArgs.insecureHttpAllowed, "allow-insecure-http", false, "allows http git url connections")
+	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitArgs.insecureHttpAllowed, "allow-insecure-http", false, "allows insecure HTTP connections")
 
 	bootstrapCmd.AddCommand(bootstrapGitCmd)
 }
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
 		TargetPath:        gitArgs.path.ToSlash(),
 		ManifestFile:      sync.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
-		GitImplementation: sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.String(),
 		RecurseSubmodules: bootstrapArgs.recurseSubmodules,
 	}
 

cmd/flux/bootstrap_github.go

@@ -26,50 +26,47 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/bootstrap"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/bootstrap/provider"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap/provider"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
 )
 
 var bootstrapGitHubCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "github",
-	Short: "Bootstrap toolkit components in a GitHub repository",
+	Short: "Deploy Flux on a cluster connected to a GitHub repository",
 	Long: `The bootstrap github command creates the GitHub repository if it doesn't exists and
-commits the toolkit components manifests to the main branch.
-Then it configures the target cluster to synchronize with the repository.
-If the toolkit components are present on the cluster,
+commits the Flux manifests to the specified branch.
+Then it configures the target cluster to synchronize with that repository.
+If the Flux components are present on the cluster,
 the bootstrap command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
 	Example: `  # Create a GitHub personal access token and export it as an env var
   export GITHUB_TOKEN=<my-token>
 
   # Run bootstrap for a private repository owned by a GitHub organization
-  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name>
+  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # 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>
+  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --team=<team1 slug> --team=<team2 slug> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # 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
+  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --team=<team1 slug>:<access-level> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a public repository on a personal account
-  flux bootstrap github --owner=<user> --repository=<repository name> --private=false --personal=true
+  flux bootstrap github --owner=<user> --repository=<repository name> --private=false --personal=true --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a private repository hosted on GitHub Enterprise using SSH auth
-  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --ssh-hostname=<domain>
+  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --ssh-hostname=<domain> --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for a private repository hosted on GitHub Enterprise using HTTPS auth
-  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --token-auth
+  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --token-auth --path=clusters/my-cluster
 
   # Run bootstrap for an existing repository with a branch named main
-  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main`,
+  flux bootstrap github --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main --path=clusters/my-cluster`,
 	RunE: bootstrapGitHubCmdRun,
 }
 
@@ -233,7 +230,6 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
 		TargetPath:        githubArgs.path.ToSlash(),
 		ManifestFile:      sync.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
-		GitImplementation: sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.String(),
 		RecurseSubmodules: bootstrapArgs.recurseSubmodules,
 	}
 

cmd/flux/bootstrap_gitlab.go

@@ -28,23 +28,23 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/bootstrap"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/bootstrap/provider"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap/provider"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
 )
 
 var bootstrapGitLabCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "gitlab",
-	Short: "Bootstrap toolkit components in a GitLab repository",
+	Short: "Deploy Flux on a cluster connected to a GitLab repository",
 	Long: `The bootstrap gitlab command creates the GitLab 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,
+commits the Flux manifests to the specified branch.
+Then it configures the target cluster to synchronize with that repository.
+If the Flux components are present on the cluster,
 the bootstrap command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
 	Example: `  # Create a GitLab API token and export it as an env var
   export GITLAB_TOKEN=<my-token>
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ the bootstrap command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
   flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --token-auth
 
   # Run bootstrap for a an existing repository with a branch named main
-  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main --token-auth`,
+  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main --token-auth
+
+  # Run bootstrap for a private repository using Deploy Token authentication
+  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --deploy-token-auth
+  `,
 	RunE: bootstrapGitLabCmdRun,
 }
 
@@ -77,16 +81,17 @@ const (
 )
 
 type gitlabFlags struct {
-	owner        string
-	repository   string
-	interval     time.Duration
-	personal     bool
-	private      bool
-	hostname     string
-	path         flags.SafeRelativePath
-	teams        []string
-	readWriteKey bool
-	reconcile    bool
+	owner           string
+	repository      string
+	interval        time.Duration
+	personal        bool
+	private         bool
+	hostname        string
+	path            flags.SafeRelativePath
+	teams           []string
+	readWriteKey    bool
+	reconcile       bool
+	deployTokenAuth bool
 }
 
 var gitlabArgs gitlabFlags
@@ -102,6 +107,7 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().Var(&gitlabArgs.path, "path", "path relative to the repository root, when specified the cluster sync will be scoped to this path")
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitlabArgs.readWriteKey, "read-write-key", false, "if true, the deploy key is configured with read/write permissions")
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitlabArgs.reconcile, "reconcile", false, "if true, the configured options are also reconciled if the repository already exists")
+	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitlabArgs.deployTokenAuth, "deploy-token-auth", false, "when enabled, a Project Deploy Token is generated and will be used instead of the SSH deploy token")
 
 	bootstrapCmd.AddCommand(bootstrapGitLabCmd)
 }
@@ -123,6 +129,10 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth && gitlabArgs.deployTokenAuth {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--token-auth and --deploy-token-auth cannot be set both.")
+	}
+
 	if err := bootstrapValidate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -225,6 +235,9 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		secretOpts.Username = "git"
 		secretOpts.Password = glToken
 		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
+	} else if gitlabArgs.deployTokenAuth {
+		// the actual deploy token will be reconciled later
+		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
 	} else {
 		keypair, err := sourcesecret.LoadKeyPairFromPath(bootstrapArgs.privateKeyFile, gitArgs.password)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -250,7 +263,6 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Secret:            bootstrapArgs.secretName,
 		TargetPath:        gitlabArgs.path.ToSlash(),
 		ManifestFile:      sync.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
-		GitImplementation: sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.String(),
 		RecurseSubmodules: bootstrapArgs.recurseSubmodules,
 	}
 
@@ -275,9 +287,12 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if bootstrapArgs.sshHostname != "" {
 		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithSSHHostname(bootstrapArgs.sshHostname))
 	}
-	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth {
+	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth || gitlabArgs.deployTokenAuth {
 		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithSyncTransportType("https"))
 	}
+	if gitlabArgs.deployTokenAuth {
+		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithDeployTokenAuth())
+	}
 	if !gitlabArgs.private {
 		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithProviderRepositoryConfig("", "", "public"))
 	}

cmd/flux/build.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 var buildCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "build",
 	Short: "Build a flux resource",
-	Long:  "The build command is used to build flux resources.",
+	Long:  `The build command is used to build flux resources.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/build_artifact.go

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ import (
 var buildArtifactCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "artifact",
 	Short: "Build artifact",
-	Long:  `The build artifact command creates a tgz file with the manifests from the given directory or a single manifest file.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The build artifact command creates a tgz file with the manifests
+from the given directory or a single manifest file.`),
 	Example: `  # Build the given manifests directory into an artifact
   flux build artifact --path ./path/to/local/manifests --output ./path/to/artifact.tgz
 

cmd/flux/build_artifact_test.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ data:
 			tmpFile, err := saveReaderToFile(strings.NewReader(tt.string))
 			g.Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 
-			defer os.Remove(tmpFile)
+			t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.Remove(tmpFile) })
 
 			b, err := os.ReadFile(tmpFile)
 			if tt.expectErr {

cmd/flux/build_kustomization.go

@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/build"
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/build"
 )
 
 var buildKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -44,7 +46,14 @@ flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests --kustomization
 
 # Build in dry-run mode without connecting to the cluster.
 # Note that variable substitutions from Secrets and ConfigMaps are skipped in dry-run mode.
-flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests --kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml --dry-run`,
+flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
+	--kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml \
+	--dry-run
+
+# Exclude files by providing a comma separated list of entries that follow the .gitignore pattern fromat.
+flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
+	--kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml \
+	--ignore-paths "/to_ignore/**/*.yaml,ignore.yaml"`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
 	RunE:              buildKsCmdRun,
 }
@@ -52,6 +61,7 @@ flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests --kustomization
 type buildKsFlags struct {
 	kustomizationFile string
 	path              string
+	ignorePaths       []string
 	dryRun            bool
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +70,7 @@ var buildKsArgs buildKsFlags
 func init() {
 	buildKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&buildKsArgs.path, "path", "", "Path to the manifests location.")
 	buildKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&buildKsArgs.kustomizationFile, "kustomization-file", "", "Path to the Flux Kustomization YAML file.")
+	buildKsCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&buildKsArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", nil, "set paths to ignore in .gitignore format")
 	buildKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&buildKsArgs.dryRun, "dry-run", false, "Dry run mode.")
 	buildCmd.AddCommand(buildKsCmd)
 }
@@ -95,12 +106,14 @@ func buildKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			build.WithKustomizationFile(buildKsArgs.kustomizationFile),
 			build.WithDryRun(buildKsArgs.dryRun),
 			build.WithNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace),
+			build.WithIgnore(buildKsArgs.ignorePaths),
 		)
 	} else {
 		builder, err = build.NewBuilder(name, buildKsArgs.path,
 			build.WithClientConfig(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions),
 			build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout),
 			build.WithKustomizationFile(buildKsArgs.kustomizationFile),
+			build.WithIgnore(buildKsArgs.ignorePaths),
 		)
 	}
 
@@ -114,12 +127,17 @@ func buildKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 
 	errChan := make(chan error)
 	go func() {
-		manifests, err := builder.Build()
+		objects, err := builder.Build()
 		if err != nil {
 			errChan <- err
 		}
 
-		cmd.Print(string(manifests))
+		manifests, err := ssa.ObjectsToYAML(objects)
+		if err != nil {
+			errChan <- err
+		}
+
+		cmd.Print(manifests)
 		errChan <- nil
 	}()
 

cmd/flux/build_kustomization_test.go

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ func TestBuildKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-var-substitution-result.yaml",
 			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "build ignore",
+			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/ignore --ignore-paths \"!configmap.yaml,!secret.yaml\"",
+			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-ignore-result.yaml",
+			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
+		},
 	}
 
 	tmpl := map[string]string{
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ func TestBuildKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBuildLocalKustomization(t *testing.T) {
-	podinfo := `apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+	podinfo := `apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
 kind: Kustomization
 metadata:
   name: podinfo
@@ -171,8 +177,7 @@ spec:
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-
-	defer os.Remove("./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml")
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.Remove("./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml") })
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {

cmd/flux/check.go

@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ import (
 
 	"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"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/status"
 )
 
 var checkCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "check",
 	Short: "Check requirements and installation",
-	Long: `The check command will perform a series of checks to validate that
-the local environment is configured correctly and if the installed components are healthy.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The check command will perform a series of checks to validate that
+the local environment is configured correctly and if the installed components are healthy.`),
 	Example: `  # Run pre-installation checks
   flux check --pre
 
@@ -242,8 +242,9 @@ func crdsCheck() bool {
 		}
 
 		for _, crd := range list.Items {
-			if len(crd.Status.StoredVersions) > 0 {
-				logger.Successf(crd.Name + "/" + crd.Status.StoredVersions[0])
+			versions := crd.Status.StoredVersions
+			if len(versions) > 0 {
+				logger.Successf(crd.Name + "/" + versions[len(versions)-1])
 			} else {
 				ok = false
 				logger.Failuref("no stored versions for %s", crd.Name)

cmd/flux/check_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 func TestCheckPre(t *testing.T) {

cmd/flux/completion.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 var completionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "completion",
 	Short: "Generates completion scripts for various shells",
-	Long:  "The completion sub-command generates completion scripts for various shells",
+	Long:  `The completion sub-command generates completion scripts for various shells.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/completion_bash.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 var completionBashCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bash",
 	Short: "Generates bash completion scripts",
+	Long:  `The completion sub-command generates completion scripts for bash.`,
 	Example: `To load completion run
 
 . <(flux completion bash)

cmd/flux/completion_fish.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 var completionFishCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "fish",
 	Short: "Generates fish completion scripts",
+	Long:  `The completion sub-command generates completion scripts for fish.`,
 	Example: `To configure your fish shell to load completions for each session write this script to your completions dir:
 
 flux completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/flux.fish

cmd/flux/completion_powershell.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 var completionPowerShellCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "powershell",
 	Short: "Generates powershell completion scripts",
+	Long:  `The completion sub-command generates completion scripts for powershell.`,
 	Example: `To load completion run
 
 . <(flux completion powershell)
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ To configure your powershell shell to load completions for each session add to y
 Windows:
 
 cd "$env:USERPROFILE\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules"
-flux completion >> flux-completion.ps1
+flux completion powershell >> flux-completion.ps1
 
 Linux:
 
 cd "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config/"}/powershell/modules"
-flux completion >> flux-completions.ps1`,
+flux completion powershell >> flux-completions.ps1`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		rootCmd.GenPowerShellCompletion(os.Stdout)
 	},

cmd/flux/completion_zsh.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 var completionZshCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "zsh",
 	Short: "Generates zsh completion scripts",
+	Long:  `The completion sub-command generates completion scripts for zsh.`,
 	Example: `To load completion run
 
 . <(flux completion zsh)

cmd/flux/create.go

@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var createCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "create",
 	Short: "Create or update sources and resources",
-	Long:  "The create sub-commands generate sources and resources.",
+	Long:  `The create sub-commands generate sources and resources.`,
 }
 
 type createFlags struct {

cmd/flux/create_alert.go

@@ -28,16 +28,17 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
+	notificationv1b2 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var createAlertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "alert [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Alert resource",
-	Long:  "The create alert command generates a Alert resource.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create alert command generates a Alert resource.`),
 	Example: `  # Create an Alert for kustomization events
   flux create alert \
   --event-severity info \
@@ -96,13 +97,13 @@ func createAlertCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		logger.Generatef("generating Alert")
 	}
 
-	alert := notificationv1.Alert{
+	alert := notificationv1b2.Alert{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
 			Labels:    sourceLabels,
 		},
-		Spec: notificationv1.AlertSpec{
+		Spec: notificationv1b2.AlertSpec{
 			ProviderRef: meta.LocalObjectReference{
 				Name: alertArgs.providerRef,
 			},
@@ -140,13 +141,13 @@ func createAlertCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func upsertAlert(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
-	alert *notificationv1.Alert) (types.NamespacedName, error) {
+	alert *notificationv1b2.Alert) (types.NamespacedName, error) {
 	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
 		Namespace: alert.GetNamespace(),
 		Name:      alert.GetName(),
 	}
 
-	var existing notificationv1.Alert
+	var existing notificationv1b2.Alert
 	err := kubeClient.Get(ctx, namespacedName, &existing)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ func upsertAlert(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
 }
 
 func isAlertReady(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
-	namespacedName types.NamespacedName, alert *notificationv1.Alert) wait.ConditionFunc {
+	namespacedName types.NamespacedName, alert *notificationv1b2.Alert) wait.ConditionFunc {
 	return func() (bool, error) {
 		err := kubeClient.Get(ctx, namespacedName, alert)
 		if err != nil {

cmd/flux/create_alertprovider.go

@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var createAlertProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "alert-provider [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Provider resource",
-	Long:  "The create alert-provider command generates a Provider resource.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create alert-provider command generates a Provider resource.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a Provider for a Slack channel
   flux create alert-provider slack \
   --type slack \

cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/transform"
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var createHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "helmrelease [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"hr"},
 	Short:   "Create or update a HelmRelease resource",
-	Long:    "The helmrelease create command generates a HelmRelease resource for a given HelmRepository source.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote(`The helmrelease create command generates a HelmRelease resource for a given HelmRepository source.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a HelmRelease with a chart from a HelmRepository source
   flux create hr podinfo \
     --interval=10m \
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if helmReleaseArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef != "" {
-		helmRelease.Spec.KubeConfig = &helmv2.KubeConfig{
+		helmRelease.Spec.KubeConfig = &meta.KubeConfigReference{
 			SecretRef: meta.SecretKeyReference{
 				Name: helmReleaseArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef,
 			},

cmd/flux/create_image.go

@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const createImageLong = `The create image sub-commands work with image automation objects; that is,
-object controlling updates to git based on e.g., new container images
-being available.`
-
 var createImageCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "image",
 	Short: "Create or update resources dealing with image automation",
-	Long:  createImageLong,
+	Long: `The create image sub-commands work with image automation objects;
+that is, object controlling updates to git based on e.g., new container images
+being available.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go

@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var createImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "policy [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update an ImagePolicy object",
-	Long: `The create image policy command generates an ImagePolicy resource.
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create image policy command generates an ImagePolicy resource.
 An ImagePolicy object calculates a "latest image" given an image
 repository and a policy, e.g., semver.
 
 The image that sorts highest according to the policy is recorded in
-the status of the object.`,
+the status of the object.`),
 	Example: `  # Create an ImagePolicy to select the latest stable release
   flux create image policy podinfo \
     --image-ref=podinfo \

cmd/flux/create_image_repository.go

@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var createImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "repository [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update an ImageRepository object",
-	Long: `The create image repository command generates an ImageRepository resource.
-An ImageRepository object specifies an image repository to scan.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create image repository command generates an ImageRepository resource.
+An ImageRepository object specifies an image repository to scan.`),
 	Example: `  # Create an ImageRepository object to scan the alpine image repository:
   flux create image repository alpine-repo --image alpine --interval 20m
 

cmd/flux/create_image_update.go

@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ import (
 	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"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 var createImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "update [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update an ImageUpdateAutomation object",
-	Long: `The create image update command generates an ImageUpdateAutomation resource.
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create image update command generates an ImageUpdateAutomation resource.
 An ImageUpdateAutomation object specifies an automated update to images
-mentioned in YAMLs in a git repository.`,
+mentioned in YAMLs in a git repository.`),
 	Example: `  # Configure image updates for the main repository created by flux bootstrap
   flux create image update flux-system \
     --git-repo-ref=flux-system \

cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go

@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ 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/v1"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var createKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "kustomization [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"ks"},
 	Short:   "Create or update a Kustomization resource",
-	Long:    "The create command generates a Kustomization resource for a given source.",
+	Long:    `The create command generates a Kustomization resource for a given source.`,
 	Example: `  # Create a Kustomization resource from a source at a given path
   flux create kustomization kyverno \
     --source=GitRepository/kyverno \
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ type kustomizationFlags struct {
 	targetNamespace     string
 	wait                bool
 	kubeConfigSecretRef string
+	retryInterval       time.Duration
 }
 
 var kustomizationArgs = NewKustomizationFlags()
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ func init() {
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&kustomizationArgs.targetNamespace, "target-namespace", "", "overrides the namespace of all Kustomization objects reconciled by this Kustomization")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&kustomizationArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef, "kubeconfig-secret-ref", "", "the name of the Kubernetes Secret that contains a key with the kubeconfig file for connecting to a remote cluster")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("validation", "this arg is no longer used, all resources are validated using server-side apply dry-run")
+	createKsCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&kustomizationArgs.retryInterval, "retry-interval", 0, "the interval at which to retry a previously failed reconciliation")
 
 	createCmd.AddCommand(createKsCmd)
 }
@@ -238,6 +240,10 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if kustomizationArgs.retryInterval > 0 {
+		kustomization.Spec.RetryInterval = &metav1.Duration{Duration: kustomizationArgs.retryInterval}
+	}
+
 	if createArgs.export {
 		return printExport(exportKs(&kustomization))
 	}

cmd/flux/create_receiver.go

@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var createReceiverCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "receiver [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Receiver resource",
-	Long:  "The create receiver command generates a Receiver resource.",
+	Long:  `The create receiver command generates a Receiver resource.`,
 	Example: `  # Create a Receiver
   flux create receiver github-receiver \
 	--type github \

cmd/flux/create_secret.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 var createSecretCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "secret",
 	Short: "Create or update Kubernetes secrets",
-	Long:  "The create source sub-commands generate Kubernetes secrets specific to Flux.",
+	Long:  `The create source sub-commands generate Kubernetes secrets specific to Flux.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/create_secret_git.go

@@ -27,17 +27,19 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 )
 
 var createSecretGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "git [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes secret for Git authentication",
 	Long: `The create secret git command generates a Kubernetes secret with Git credentials.
-For Git over SSH, the host and SSH keys are automatically generated and stored in the secret.
-For Git over HTTP/S, the provided basic authentication credentials are stored in the secret.`,
+For Git over SSH, the host and SSH keys are automatically generated and stored
+in the secret.
+For Git over HTTP/S, the provided basic authentication credentials or bearer
+authentication token are stored in the secret.`,
 	Example: `  # Create a Git SSH authentication secret using an ECDSA P-521 curve public key
 
   flux create secret git podinfo-auth \
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ type secretGitFlags struct {
 	ecdsaCurve     flags.ECDSACurve
 	caFile         string
 	privateKeyFile string
+	bearerToken    string
 }
 
 var secretGitArgs = NewSecretGitFlags()
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ func init() {
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().Var(&secretGitArgs.ecdsaCurve, "ssh-ecdsa-curve", secretGitArgs.ecdsaCurve.Description())
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.caFile, "ca-file", "", "path to TLS CA file used for validating self-signed certificates")
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.privateKeyFile, "private-key-file", "", "path to a passwordless private key file used for authenticating to the Git SSH server")
+	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.bearerToken, "bearer-token", "", "bearer authentication token")
 
 	createSecretCmd.AddCommand(createSecretGitCmd)
 }
@@ -147,11 +151,15 @@ func createSecretGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		opts.ECDSACurve = secretGitArgs.ecdsaCurve.Curve
 		opts.Password = secretGitArgs.password
 	case "http", "https":
-		if secretGitArgs.username == "" || secretGitArgs.password == "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("for Git over HTTP/S the username and password are required")
+		if (secretGitArgs.username == "" || secretGitArgs.password == "") && secretGitArgs.bearerToken == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("for Git over HTTP/S the username and password, or a bearer token is required")
 		}
 		opts.Username = secretGitArgs.username
 		opts.Password = secretGitArgs.password
+		opts.BearerToken = secretGitArgs.bearerToken
+		if secretGitArgs.username != "" && secretGitArgs.password != "" && secretGitArgs.bearerToken != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("user credentials and bearer token cannot be used together")
+		}
 		if secretGitArgs.caFile != "" {
 			caBundle, err := os.ReadFile(secretGitArgs.caFile)
 			if err != nil {

cmd/flux/create_secret_git_test.go

@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ func TestCreateGitSecret(t *testing.T) {
 			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"),
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "git authentication with bearer token",
+			args:   "create secret git bearer-token-auth --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --bearer-token=ghp_baR2qnFF0O41WlucePL3udt2N9vVZS4R0hAS --namespace=my-namespace --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/git/git-bearer-token.yaml"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "git authentication with basic auth and bearer token",
+			args:   "create secret git podinfo-auth --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --username=aaa --password=zzzz --bearer-token=aaaa --namespace=my-namespace --export",
+			assert: assertError("user credentials and bearer token cannot be used together"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

cmd/flux/create_secret_helm.go

@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 )
 
 var createSecretHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes secret for Helm repository authentication",
-	Long:  `The create secret helm command generates a Kubernetes secret with basic authentication credentials.`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create secret helm command generates a Kubernetes secret with basic authentication credentials.`),
 	Example: ` # Create a Helm authentication secret on disk and encrypt it with Mozilla SOPS
   flux create secret helm repo-auth \
     --namespace=my-namespace \

cmd/flux/create_secret_oci.go

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 var createSecretOCICmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "oci [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes image pull secret",
-	Long:  `The create secret oci command generates a Kubernetes secret that can be used for OCIRepository authentication`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create secret oci command generates a Kubernetes secret that can be used for OCIRepository authentication`),
 	Example: `  # Create an OCI authentication secret on disk and encrypt it with Mozilla SOPS
   flux create secret oci podinfo-auth \
     --url=ghcr.io \

cmd/flux/create_secret_tls.go

@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 )
 
 var createSecretTLSCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "tls [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes secret with TLS certificates",
-	Long:  `The create secret tls command generates a Kubernetes secret with certificates for use with TLS.`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create secret tls command generates a Kubernetes secret with certificates for use with TLS.`),
 	Example: ` # Create a TLS secret on disk and encrypt it with Mozilla SOPS.
   # Files are expected to be PEM-encoded.
   flux create secret tls certs \

cmd/flux/create_source.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 var createSourceCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "source",
 	Short: "Create or update sources",
-	Long:  "The create source sub-commands generate sources.",
+	Long:  `The create source sub-commands generate sources.`,
 }
 
 type createSourceFlags struct {

cmd/flux/create_source_bucket.go

@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ import (
 
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var createSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bucket [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Bucket source",
-	Long: `The create source bucket command generates a Bucket resource and waits for it to be downloaded.
-For Buckets with static authentication, the credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create source bucket command generates a Bucket resource and waits for it to be downloaded.
+For Buckets with static authentication, the credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a source for a Bucket using static authentication
   flux create source bucket podinfo \
 	--bucket-name=podinfo \

cmd/flux/create_source_git.go

@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ import (
 	"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/v1"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 )
 
 type sourceGitFlags struct {
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@ type sourceGitFlags struct {
 	branch            string
 	tag               string
 	semver            string
+	refName           string
+	commit            string
 	username          string
 	password          string
 	keyAlgorithm      flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm
 	keyRSABits        flags.RSAKeyBits
 	keyECDSACurve     flags.ECDSACurve
 	secretRef         string
-	gitImplementation flags.GitImplementation
 	caFile            string
 	privateKeyFile    string
 	recurseSubmodules bool
@@ -130,13 +131,14 @@ func init() {
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.branch, "branch", "", "git branch")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.tag, "tag", "", "git tag")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.semver, "tag-semver", "", "git tag semver range")
+	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.refName, "ref-name", "", " git reference name")
+	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.commit, "commit", "", "git commit")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&sourceGitArgs.username, "username", "u", "", "basic authentication username")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&sourceGitArgs.password, "password", "p", "", "basic authentication password")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.keyAlgorithm, "ssh-key-algorithm", sourceGitArgs.keyAlgorithm.Description())
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.keyRSABits, "ssh-rsa-bits", sourceGitArgs.keyRSABits.Description())
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.keyECDSACurve, "ssh-ecdsa-curve", sourceGitArgs.keyECDSACurve.Description())
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.secretRef, "secret-ref", "", "the name of an existing secret containing SSH or basic credentials")
-	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation, "git-implementation", sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.Description())
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.caFile, "ca-file", "", "path to TLS CA file used for validating self-signed certificates")
 	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,
@@ -170,18 +172,14 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("git URL scheme '%s' not supported, can be: ssh, http and https", u.Scheme)
 	}
 
-	if sourceGitArgs.branch == "" && sourceGitArgs.tag == "" && sourceGitArgs.semver == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("a Git ref is required, use one of the following: --branch, --tag or --tag-semver")
+	if sourceGitArgs.branch == "" && sourceGitArgs.tag == "" && sourceGitArgs.semver == "" && sourceGitArgs.commit == "" && sourceGitArgs.refName == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("a Git ref is required, use one of the following: --branch, --tag, --commit, --ref-name or --tag-semver")
 	}
 
 	if sourceGitArgs.caFile != "" && u.Scheme == "ssh" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("specifying 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)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -220,11 +218,12 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		gitRepository.Spec.Timeout = &metav1.Duration{Duration: createSourceArgs.fetchTimeout}
 	}
 
-	if sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation != "" {
-		gitRepository.Spec.GitImplementation = sourceGitArgs.gitImplementation.String()
-	}
-
-	if sourceGitArgs.semver != "" {
+	if sourceGitArgs.commit != "" {
+		gitRepository.Spec.Reference.Commit = sourceGitArgs.commit
+		gitRepository.Spec.Reference.Branch = sourceGitArgs.branch
+	} else if sourceGitArgs.refName != "" {
+		gitRepository.Spec.Reference.Name = sourceGitArgs.refName
+	} else if sourceGitArgs.semver != "" {
 		gitRepository.Spec.Reference.SemVer = sourceGitArgs.semver
 	} else if sourceGitArgs.tag != "" {
 		gitRepository.Spec.Reference.Tag = sourceGitArgs.tag

cmd/flux/create_source_git_test.go

@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ import (
 	"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"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 var pollInterval = 50 * time.Millisecond
@@ -98,6 +99,41 @@ func TestCreateSourceGitExport(t *testing.T) {
 			command,
 			assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/export.golden"),
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "no args",
+			args:   "create secret git",
+			assert: assertError("name is required"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "source with commit",
+			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --commit=c88a2f41 --interval=1m0s --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_source_git/source-git-commit.yaml"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "source with ref name",
+			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --ref-name=refs/heads/main --interval=1m0s --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-refname.yaml"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "source with branch name and commit",
+			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --branch=main --commit=c88a2f41 --interval=1m0s --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-branch-commit.yaml"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "source with semver",
+			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --tag-semver=v1.01 --interval=1m0s --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-semver.yaml"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "source with git tag",
+			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --tag=test --interval=1m0s --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-tag.yaml"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "source with git branch",
+			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --branch=test --interval=1m0s --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-branch.yaml"),
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -141,6 +177,9 @@ func TestCreateSourceGit(t *testing.T) {
 				repo.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
 					Path:     "some-path",
 					Revision: "v1",
+					LastUpdateTime: metav1.Time{
+						Time: time.Now(),
+					},
 				}
 			},
 		}, {

cmd/flux/create_source_helm.go

@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ import (
 
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 )
 
 var createSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a HelmRepository source",
-	Long: `The create source helm command generates a HelmRepository resource and waits for it to fetch the index.
-For private Helm repositories, the basic authentication credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create source helm command generates a HelmRepository resource and waits for it to fetch the index.
+For private Helm repositories, the basic authentication credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a source for an HTTPS public Helm repository
   flux create source helm podinfo \
     --url=https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo \

cmd/flux/create_source_oci.go

@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ import (
 
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "oci [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update an OCIRepository",
-	Long:  `The create source oci command generates an OCIRepository resource and waits for it to be ready.`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create source oci command generates an OCIRepository resource and waits for it to be ready.`),
 	Example: `  # Create an OCIRepository for a public container image
   flux create source oci podinfo \
     --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo \

cmd/flux/create_source_oci_test.go

@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ func TestCreateSourceOCI(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "export manifest",
-			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.1.6 --interval 10m --export",
+			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --interval 10m --export",
 			assertFunc: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/oci/export.golden"),
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "export manifest with secret",
-			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.1.6 --interval 10m --secret-ref=creds --export",
+			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --interval 10m --secret-ref=creds --export",
 			assertFunc: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/oci/export_with_secret.golden"),
 		},
 	}

cmd/flux/create_tenant.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import (
 var createTenantCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "tenant",
 	Short: "Create or update a tenant",
-	Long: `The create tenant command generates namespaces, service accounts and role bindings to limit the
-reconcilers scope to the tenant namespaces.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create tenant command generates namespaces, service accounts and role bindings to limit the
+reconcilers scope to the tenant namespaces.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a tenant with access to a namespace 
   flux create tenant dev-team \
     --with-namespace=frontend \

cmd/flux/delete.go

@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "delete",
 	Short: "Delete sources and resources",
-	Long:  "The delete sub-commands delete sources and resources.",
+	Long:  `The delete sub-commands delete sources and resources.`,
 }
 
 type deleteFlags struct {

cmd/flux/delete_alert.go

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var deleteAlertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "alert [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a Alert resource",
-	Long:  "The delete alert command removes the given Alert from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/delete_alertprovider.go

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var deleteAlertProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "alert-provider [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a Provider resource",
-	Long:  "The delete alert-provider command removes the given Provider from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/delete_helmrelease.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var deleteHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "helmrelease [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"hr"},
 	Short:   "Delete a HelmRelease resource",
-	Long:    "The delete helmrelease command removes the given HelmRelease from the cluster.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/delete_image.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 var deleteImageCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "image",
 	Short: "Delete image automation objects",
-	Long:  "The delete image sub-commands delete image automation objects.",
+	Long:  `The delete image sub-commands delete image automation objects.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/delete_image_policy.go

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var deleteImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "policy [name]",
 	Short: "Delete an ImagePolicy object",
-	Long:  "The delete image policy command deletes the given ImagePolicy from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`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)),

cmd/flux/delete_image_repository.go

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var deleteImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "repository [name]",
 	Short: "Delete an ImageRepository object",
-	Long:  "The delete image repository command deletes the given ImageRepository from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/delete_image_update.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 var deleteImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "update [name]",
 	Short: "Delete an ImageUpdateAutomation object",
-	Long:  "The delete image update command deletes the given ImageUpdateAutomation from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`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)),

cmd/flux/delete_kustomization.go

@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 var deleteKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "kustomization [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"ks"},
 	Short:   "Delete a Kustomization resource",
-	Long:    "The delete kustomization command deletes the given Kustomization from the cluster.",
+	Long:    `The delete kustomization command deletes the given Kustomization from the cluster.`,
 	Example: `  # Delete a kustomization and the Kubernetes resources created by it when prune is enabled
   flux delete kustomization podinfo`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),

cmd/flux/delete_receiver.go

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 var deleteReceiverCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "receiver [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a Receiver resource",
-	Long:  "The delete receiver command removes the given Receiver from the cluster.",
+	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)),

cmd/flux/delete_source.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 var deleteSourceCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "source",
 	Short: "Delete sources",
-	Long:  "The delete source sub-commands delete sources.",
+	Long:  `The delete source sub-commands delete sources.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/delete_source_bucket.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 var deleteSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bucket [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a Bucket source",
-	Long:  "The delete source bucket command deletes the given Bucket from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/delete_source_git.go

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 var deleteSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "git [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a GitRepository source",
-	Long:  "The delete source git command deletes the given GitRepository from the cluster.",
+	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)),

cmd/flux/delete_source_helm.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 var deleteSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a HelmRepository source",
-	Long:  "The delete source helm command deletes the given HelmRepository from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/delete_source_oci.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 var deleteSourceOCIRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "oci [name]",
 	Short: "Delete an OCIRepository source",
-	Long:  "The delete source oci command deletes the given OCIRepository from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The delete source oci command deletes the given OCIRepository from the cluster."),
 	Example: `  # Delete an OCIRepository 
   flux delete source oci podinfo`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.OCIRepositoryKind)),

cmd/flux/diff.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 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.",
+	Long:  `The diff command is used to do a server-side dry-run on flux resources, then prints the diff.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/diff_artifact.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
 	oci "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci/client"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 var diffArtifactCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "artifact",
 	Short: "Diff Artifact",
-	Long:  `The diff artifact command computes the diff between the remote OCI artifact and a local directory or file`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The diff artifact command computes the diff between the remote OCI artifact and a local directory or file`),
 	Example: `# Check if local files differ from remote
 flux diff artifact oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests:podinfo:6.2.0 --path=./kustomize`,
 	RunE: diffArtifactCmdRun,

cmd/flux/diff_kustomization.go

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/build"
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/build"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 var diffKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@ Exit status: 0 No differences were found. 1 Differences were found. >1 diff fail
 flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests
 
 # Preview using a local flux kustomization file
-flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests --kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml`,
+flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
+	--kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml
+
+# Exclude files by providing a comma separated list of entries that follow the .gitignore pattern fromat.
+flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
+	--kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml \
+	--ignore-paths "/to_ignore/**/*.yaml,ignore.yaml"`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
 	RunE:              diffKsCmdRun,
 }
@@ -45,6 +51,7 @@ flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests --kustomization-
 type diffKsFlags struct {
 	kustomizationFile string
 	path              string
+	ignorePaths       []string
 	progressBar       bool
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +60,7 @@ 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.")
+	diffKsCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&diffKsArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", nil, "set paths to ignore in .gitignore format")
 	diffKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&diffKsArgs.kustomizationFile, "kustomization-file", "", "Path to the Flux Kustomization YAML file.")
 	diffCmd.AddCommand(diffKsCmd)
 }
@@ -86,12 +94,16 @@ func diffKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			build.WithClientConfig(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions),
 			build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout),
 			build.WithKustomizationFile(diffKsArgs.kustomizationFile),
-			build.WithProgressBar())
+			build.WithProgressBar(),
+			build.WithIgnore(diffKsArgs.ignorePaths),
+		)
 	} else {
 		builder, err = build.NewBuilder(name, diffKsArgs.path,
 			build.WithClientConfig(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions),
 			build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout),
-			build.WithKustomizationFile(diffKsArgs.kustomizationFile))
+			build.WithKustomizationFile(diffKsArgs.kustomizationFile),
+			build.WithIgnore(diffKsArgs.ignorePaths),
+		)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {

cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/build"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/build"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ func TestDiffKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 	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())
+				if _, err := resourceManager.ApplyAll(context.Background(), createObjectFromFile(tt.objectFile, tmpl, t), ssa.DefaultApplyOptions()); err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
 			}
 			cmd := cmdTestCase{
 				args:   tt.args + " -n " + tmpl["fluxns"],

cmd/flux/events.go

@@ -0,0 +1,501 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2023 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"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/duration"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+	runtimeresource "k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource"
+	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
+	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
+	notificationv1b2 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1b2 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/printers"
+)
+
+var eventsCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "events",
+	Short: "Display Kubernetes events for Flux resources",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The events sub-command shows Kubernetes events from Flux resources"),
+	Example: ` # Display events for flux resources in default namespace
+	flux events -n default
+	
+	# Display events for flux resources in all namespaces
+	flux events -A
+
+	# Display events for flux resources
+	flux events --for Kustomization/podinfo
+`,
+	RunE: eventsCmdRun,
+}
+
+type eventFlags struct {
+	allNamespaces bool
+	watch         bool
+	forSelector   string
+	filterTypes   []string
+}
+
+var eventArgs eventFlags
+
+func init() {
+	eventsCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&eventArgs.allNamespaces, "all-namespaces", "A", false,
+		"display events from Flux resources across all namespaces")
+	eventsCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&eventArgs.watch, "watch", "w", false,
+		"indicate if the events should be streamed")
+	eventsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&eventArgs.forSelector, "for", "",
+		"get events for a particular object")
+	eventsCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&eventArgs.filterTypes, "types", []string{}, "filter events for certain types")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(eventsCmd)
+}
+
+func eventsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	kubeclient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	namespace := *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace
+	if eventArgs.allNamespaces {
+		namespace = ""
+	}
+
+	var diffRefNs bool
+	clientListOpts := getListOpt(namespace, eventArgs.forSelector)
+	var refListOpts [][]client.ListOption
+	if eventArgs.forSelector != "" {
+		refs, err := getObjectRef(ctx, kubeclient, eventArgs.forSelector, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, ref := range refs {
+			kind, name, refNs := utils.ParseObjectKindNameNamespace(ref)
+			if refNs != namespace {
+				diffRefNs = true
+			}
+			refSelector := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", kind, name)
+			refListOpts = append(refListOpts, getListOpt(refNs, refSelector))
+		}
+	}
+
+	showNamespace := namespace == "" || diffRefNs
+	if eventArgs.watch {
+		return eventsCmdWatchRun(ctx, kubeclient, clientListOpts, refListOpts, showNamespace)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := getRows(ctx, kubeclient, clientListOpts, refListOpts, showNamespace)
+	if len(rows) == 0 {
+		if eventArgs.allNamespaces {
+			logger.Failuref("No events found.")
+		} else {
+			logger.Failuref("No events found in %s namespace.", *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+	headers := getHeaders(showNamespace)
+	err = printers.TablePrinter(headers).Print(cmd.OutOrStdout(), rows)
+	return err
+}
+
+func getRows(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.Client, clientListOpts []client.ListOption, refListOpts [][]client.ListOption, showNs bool) ([][]string, error) {
+	el := &corev1.EventList{}
+	if err := addEventsToList(ctx, kubeclient, el, clientListOpts); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, refOpts := range refListOpts {
+		if err := addEventsToList(ctx, kubeclient, el, refOpts); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(SortableEvents(el.Items))
+
+	var rows [][]string
+	for _, item := range el.Items {
+		if ignoreEvent(item) {
+			continue
+		}
+		rows = append(rows, getEventRow(item, showNs))
+	}
+
+	return rows, nil
+}
+
+func addEventsToList(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.Client, el *corev1.EventList, clientListOpts []client.ListOption) error {
+	listOpts := &metav1.ListOptions{}
+	err := runtimeresource.FollowContinue(listOpts,
+		func(options metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+			newEvents := &corev1.EventList{}
+			err := kubeclient.List(ctx, newEvents, clientListOpts...)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting events: %w", err)
+			}
+			el.Items = append(el.Items, newEvents.Items...)
+			return newEvents, nil
+		})
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func getListOpt(namespace, selector string) []client.ListOption {
+	clientListOpts := []client.ListOption{client.Limit(cmdutil.DefaultChunkSize), client.InNamespace(namespace)}
+	if selector != "" {
+		kind, name := utils.ParseObjectKindName(selector)
+		sel := fields.AndSelectors(
+			fields.OneTermEqualSelector("involvedObject.kind", kind),
+			fields.OneTermEqualSelector("involvedObject.name", name))
+		clientListOpts = append(clientListOpts, client.MatchingFieldsSelector{Selector: sel})
+	}
+
+	return clientListOpts
+}
+
+func eventsCmdWatchRun(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.WithWatch, listOpts []client.ListOption, refListOpts [][]client.ListOption, showNs bool) error {
+	event := &corev1.EventList{}
+	eventWatch, err := kubeclient.Watch(ctx, event, listOpts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	firstIteration := true
+
+	handleEvent := func(e watch.Event) error {
+		if e.Type == watch.Deleted {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		event, ok := e.Object.(*corev1.Event)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if ignoreEvent(*event) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		rows := getEventRow(*event, showNs)
+		var hdr []string
+		if firstIteration {
+			hdr = getHeaders(showNs)
+			firstIteration = false
+		}
+		err = printers.TablePrinter(hdr).Print(os.Stdout, [][]string{rows})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for _, refOpts := range refListOpts {
+		refEventWatch, err := kubeclient.Watch(ctx, event, refOpts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		go func() {
+			err := receiveEventChan(ctx, refEventWatch, handleEvent)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Failuref("error watching events: %s", err.Error())
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	return receiveEventChan(ctx, eventWatch, handleEvent)
+}
+
+func receiveEventChan(ctx context.Context, eventWatch watch.Interface, f func(e watch.Event) error) error {
+	defer eventWatch.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case e, ok := <-eventWatch.ResultChan():
+			if !ok {
+				return nil
+			}
+			err := f(e)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getHeaders(showNs bool) []string {
+	headers := []string{"Last seen", "Type", "Reason", "Object", "Message"}
+	if showNs {
+		headers = append(namespaceHeader, headers...)
+	}
+
+	return headers
+}
+
+func getEventRow(e corev1.Event, showNs bool) []string {
+	var row []string
+	if showNs {
+		row = []string{e.Namespace}
+	}
+	row = append(row, getLastSeen(e), e.Type, e.Reason, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", e.InvolvedObject.Kind, e.InvolvedObject.Name), e.Message)
+
+	return row
+}
+
+// getObjectRef is used to get the metadata of a resource that the selector(in the format <kind/name>) references.
+// It returns an empty string if the resource doesn't reference any resource
+// and a string with the format `<kind>/<name>.<namespace>` if it does.
+func getObjectRef(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.Client, selector string, ns string) ([]string, error) {
+	kind, name := utils.ParseObjectKindName(selector)
+	ref, err := fluxKindMap.getRefInfo(kind)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting groupversion: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// the resource has no source ref
+	if len(ref.field) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	obj := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+	obj.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+		Kind:    kind,
+		Version: ref.gv.Version,
+		Group:   ref.gv.Group,
+	})
+	objName := types.NamespacedName{
+		Namespace: ns,
+		Name:      name,
+	}
+
+	err = kubeclient.Get(ctx, objName, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var ok bool
+	refKind := ref.kind
+	if refKind == "" {
+		kindField := append(ref.field, "kind")
+		refKind, ok, err = unstructured.NestedString(obj.Object, kindField...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("field '%s' for '%s' not found", strings.Join(kindField, "."), objName)
+		}
+	}
+
+	nameField := append(ref.field, "name")
+	refName, ok, err := unstructured.NestedString(obj.Object, nameField...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("field '%s' for '%s' not found", strings.Join(nameField, "."), objName)
+	}
+
+	var allRefs []string
+	refNamespace := ns
+	if ref.crossNamespaced {
+		namespaceField := append(ref.field, "namespace")
+		namespace, ok, err := unstructured.NestedString(obj.Object, namespaceField...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if ok {
+			refNamespace = namespace
+		}
+	}
+
+	allRefs = append(allRefs, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.%s", refKind, refName, refNamespace))
+	if ref.otherRefs != nil {
+		for _, otherRef := range ref.otherRefs(ns, name) {
+			allRefs = append(allRefs, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", otherRef, refNamespace))
+		}
+	}
+	return allRefs, nil
+}
+
+type refMap map[string]refInfo
+
+func (r refMap) getRefInfo(kind string) (refInfo, error) {
+	for key, ref := range r {
+		if strings.EqualFold(key, kind) {
+			return ref, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return refInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a recognized Flux kind", kind)
+}
+
+func (r refMap) hasKind(kind string) bool {
+	_, err := r.getRefInfo(kind)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+type refInfo struct {
+	gv              schema.GroupVersion
+	kind            string
+	crossNamespaced bool
+	otherRefs       func(namespace, name string) []string
+	field           []string
+}
+
+var fluxKindMap = refMap{
+	kustomizev1.KustomizationKind: {
+		gv:              kustomizev1.GroupVersion,
+		crossNamespaced: true,
+		field:           []string{"spec", "sourceRef"},
+	},
+	helmv2.HelmReleaseKind: {
+		gv:              helmv2.GroupVersion,
+		crossNamespaced: true,
+		otherRefs: func(namespace, name string) []string {
+			return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%s", sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind, namespace, name)}
+		},
+		field: []string{"spec", "chart", "spec", "sourceRef"},
+	},
+	notificationv1b2.AlertKind: {
+		gv:              notificationv1b2.GroupVersion,
+		kind:            notificationv1b2.ProviderKind,
+		crossNamespaced: false,
+		field:           []string{"spec", "providerRef"},
+	},
+	notificationv1.ReceiverKind:   {gv: notificationv1.GroupVersion},
+	notificationv1b2.ProviderKind: {gv: notificationv1b2.GroupVersion},
+	imagev1.ImagePolicyKind: {
+		gv:              imagev1.GroupVersion,
+		kind:            imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind,
+		crossNamespaced: true,
+		field:           []string{"spec", "imageRepositoryRef"},
+	},
+	sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind:       {gv: sourcev1.GroupVersion},
+	sourcev1b2.OCIRepositoryKind:     {gv: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion},
+	sourcev1b2.BucketKind:            {gv: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion},
+	sourcev1b2.HelmRepositoryKind:    {gv: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion},
+	sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind:         {gv: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion},
+	autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind: {gv: autov1.GroupVersion},
+	imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind:      {gv: imagev1.GroupVersion},
+}
+
+func ignoreEvent(e corev1.Event) bool {
+	if !fluxKindMap.hasKind(e.InvolvedObject.Kind) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if len(eventArgs.filterTypes) > 0 {
+		_, equal := utils.ContainsEqualFoldItemString(eventArgs.filterTypes, e.Type)
+		if !equal {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// The functions below are copied from: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubectl/blob/master/pkg/cmd/events/events.go#L347
+
+// SortableEvents implements sort.Interface for []api.Event by time
+type SortableEvents []corev1.Event
+
+func (list SortableEvents) Len() int {
+	return len(list)
+}
+
+func (list SortableEvents) Swap(i, j int) {
+	list[i], list[j] = list[j], list[i]
+}
+
+// Return the time that should be used for sorting, which can come from
+// various places in corev1.Event.
+func eventTime(event corev1.Event) time.Time {
+	if event.Series != nil {
+		return event.Series.LastObservedTime.Time
+	}
+	if !event.LastTimestamp.Time.IsZero() {
+		return event.LastTimestamp.Time
+	}
+	return event.EventTime.Time
+}
+
+func (list SortableEvents) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return eventTime(list[i]).Before(eventTime(list[j]))
+}
+
+func getLastSeen(e corev1.Event) string {
+	var interval string
+	firstTimestampSince := translateMicroTimestampSince(e.EventTime)
+	if e.EventTime.IsZero() {
+		firstTimestampSince = translateTimestampSince(e.FirstTimestamp)
+	}
+	if e.Series != nil {
+		interval = fmt.Sprintf("%s (x%d over %s)", translateMicroTimestampSince(e.Series.LastObservedTime), e.Series.Count, firstTimestampSince)
+	} else if e.Count > 1 {
+		interval = fmt.Sprintf("%s (x%d over %s)", translateTimestampSince(e.LastTimestamp), e.Count, firstTimestampSince)
+	} else {
+		interval = firstTimestampSince
+	}
+
+	return interval
+}
+
+// translateMicroTimestampSince returns the elapsed time since timestamp in
+// human-readable approximation.
+func translateMicroTimestampSince(timestamp metav1.MicroTime) string {
+	if timestamp.IsZero() {
+		return "<unknown>"
+	}
+
+	return duration.HumanDuration(time.Since(timestamp.Time))
+}
+
+// translateTimestampSince returns the elapsed time since timestamp in
+// human-readable approximation.
+func translateTimestampSince(timestamp metav1.Time) string {
+	if timestamp.IsZero() {
+		return "<unknown>"
+	}
+
+	return duration.HumanDuration(time.Since(timestamp.Time))
+}

cmd/flux/events_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,417 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2023 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"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
+
+	helmv2beta1 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
+	notificationv1b2 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	eventv1 "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event/v1beta1"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1b2 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+)
+
+var objects = `
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: flux-system
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 5m0s
+  path: ./infrastructure/
+  prune: true
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+---
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  interval: 5m0s
+  path: ./infrastructure/
+  prune: true
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+    namespace: flux-system
+---
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: GitRepository
+metadata:
+  name: flux-system
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 5m0s
+  ref:
+    branch: main
+  secretRef:
+    name: flux-system
+  timeout: 1m0s
+  url: ssh://git@github.com/example/repo
+---
+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2beta1
+kind: HelmRelease
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  chart:
+    spec:
+      chart: podinfo
+      reconcileStrategy: ChartVersion
+      sourceRef:
+        kind: HelmRepository
+        name: podinfo
+        namespace: flux-system
+      version: '*'
+  interval: 5m0s
+---
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+kind: HelmRepository
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 1m0s
+  url: https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo
+---
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+kind: HelmChart
+metadata:
+  name: default-podinfo
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  chart: podinfo
+  interval: 1m0s
+  reconcileStrategy: ChartVersion
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: HelmRepository
+    name: podinfo-chart
+  version: '*'
+---
+apiVersion: notification.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+kind: Alert
+metadata:
+  name: webapp
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  eventSeverity: info
+  eventSources:
+  - kind: GitRepository
+    name: '*'
+  providerRef:
+    name: slack
+---
+apiVersion: notification.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+kind: Provider
+metadata:
+  name: slack
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  address: https://hooks.slack.com/services/mock
+  type: slack
+---
+apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+kind: ImagePolicy
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  imageRepositoryRef:
+    name: acr-podinfo
+    namespace: flux-system
+  policy:
+    semver:
+      range: 5.0.x
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: flux-system`
+
+func Test_getObjectRef(t *testing.T) {
+	g := NewWithT(t)
+	objs, err := ssa.ReadObjects(strings.NewReader(objects))
+	g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+
+	builder := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(getScheme())
+	for _, obj := range objs {
+		builder = builder.WithObjects(obj)
+	}
+	c := builder.Build()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		selector  string
+		namespace string
+		want      []string
+		wantErr   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "Source Ref for Kustomization",
+			selector:  "Kustomization/flux-system",
+			namespace: "flux-system",
+			want:      []string{"GitRepository/flux-system.flux-system"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Crossnamespace Source Ref for Kustomization",
+			selector:  "Kustomization/podinfo",
+			namespace: "default",
+			want:      []string{"GitRepository/flux-system.flux-system"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Source Ref for HelmRelease",
+			selector:  "HelmRelease/podinfo",
+			namespace: "default",
+			want:      []string{"HelmRepository/podinfo.flux-system", "HelmChart/default-podinfo.flux-system"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Source Ref for Alert",
+			selector:  "Alert/webapp",
+			namespace: "flux-system",
+			want:      []string{"Provider/slack.flux-system"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Source Ref for ImagePolicy",
+			selector:  "ImagePolicy/podinfo",
+			namespace: "default",
+			want:      []string{"ImageRepository/acr-podinfo.flux-system"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Empty Ref for Provider",
+			selector:  "Provider/slack",
+			namespace: "flux-system",
+			want:      nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Non flux resource",
+			selector: "Namespace/flux-system",
+			wantErr:  true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			g := NewWithT(t)
+			got, err := getObjectRef(context.Background(), c, tt.selector, tt.namespace)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+				return
+			}
+
+			g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+			g.Expect(got).To(Equal(tt.want))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_getRows(t *testing.T) {
+	g := NewWithT(t)
+	objs, err := ssa.ReadObjects(strings.NewReader(objects))
+	g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+
+	builder := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(getScheme())
+	for _, obj := range objs {
+		builder = builder.WithObjects(obj)
+	}
+	eventList := &corev1.EventList{}
+	for _, obj := range objs {
+		infoEvent := createEvent(obj, eventv1.EventSeverityInfo, "Info Message", "Info Reason")
+		warningEvent := createEvent(obj, eventv1.EventSeverityError, "Error Message", "Error Reason")
+		eventList.Items = append(eventList.Items, infoEvent, warningEvent)
+	}
+	builder = builder.WithLists(eventList)
+	builder.WithIndex(&corev1.Event{}, "involvedObject.kind/name", kindNameIndexer)
+	c := builder.Build()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		selector    string
+		refSelector string
+		namespace   string
+		refNs       string
+		expected    [][]string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "events from all namespaces",
+			selector:  "",
+			namespace: "",
+			expected: [][]string{
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "HelmRelease/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "HelmRelease/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "ImagePolicy/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "ImagePolicy/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "Kustomization/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "Kustomization/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "Alert/webapp", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "Alert/webapp", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "GitRepository/flux-system", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "GitRepository/flux-system", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "HelmChart/default-podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "HelmChart/default-podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "HelmRepository/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "HelmRepository/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "Kustomization/flux-system", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "Kustomization/flux-system", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "Provider/slack", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "Provider/slack", "Info Message"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "events from default namespaces",
+			selector:  "",
+			namespace: "default",
+			expected: [][]string{
+				{"<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "HelmRelease/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "HelmRelease/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "ImagePolicy/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "ImagePolicy/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "Kustomization/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "Kustomization/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Kustomization with crossnamespaced GitRepository",
+			selector:  "Kustomization/podinfo",
+			namespace: "default",
+			expected: [][]string{
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "Kustomization/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "Kustomization/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "GitRepository/flux-system", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "GitRepository/flux-system", "Info Message"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "HelmRelease with crossnamespaced HelmRepository",
+			selector:  "HelmRelease/podinfo",
+			namespace: "default",
+			expected: [][]string{
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "HelmRelease/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"default", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "HelmRelease/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "HelmRepository/podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "HelmRepository/podinfo", "Info Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "error", "Error Reason", "HelmChart/default-podinfo", "Error Message"},
+				{"flux-system", "<unknown>", "info", "Info Reason", "HelmChart/default-podinfo", "Info Message"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			g := NewWithT(t)
+
+			var refs []string
+			var refNs, refKind, refName string
+			if tt.selector != "" {
+				refs, err = getObjectRef(context.Background(), c, tt.selector, tt.namespace)
+				g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+			}
+
+			g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+
+			clientOpts := getTestListOpt(tt.namespace, tt.selector)
+			var refOpts [][]client.ListOption
+			for _, ref := range refs {
+				refKind, refName, refNs = utils.ParseObjectKindNameNamespace(ref)
+				refSelector := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", refKind, refName)
+				refOpts = append(refOpts, getTestListOpt(refNs, refSelector))
+			}
+
+			showNs := tt.namespace == "" || (refNs != "" && refNs != tt.namespace)
+			rows, err := getRows(context.Background(), c, clientOpts, refOpts, showNs)
+			g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+			g.Expect(rows).To(Equal(tt.expected))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func getTestListOpt(namespace, selector string) []client.ListOption {
+	clientListOpts := []client.ListOption{client.Limit(cmdutil.DefaultChunkSize), client.InNamespace(namespace)}
+	if selector != "" {
+		sel := fields.OneTermEqualSelector("involvedObject.kind/name", selector)
+		clientListOpts = append(clientListOpts, client.MatchingFieldsSelector{Selector: sel})
+	}
+
+	return clientListOpts
+}
+
+func getScheme() *runtime.Scheme {
+	newscheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+	corev1.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	kustomizev1.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	helmv2beta1.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	notificationv1.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	notificationv1b2.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	imagev1.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	autov1.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	sourcev1.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+	sourcev1b2.AddToScheme(newscheme)
+
+	return newscheme
+}
+
+func createEvent(obj client.Object, eventType, msg, reason string) corev1.Event {
+	return corev1.Event{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: obj.GetNamespace(),
+			// name of event needs to be unique so fak
+			Name: obj.GetNamespace() + obj.GetNamespace() + obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind + eventType,
+		},
+		Reason:  reason,
+		Message: msg,
+		Type:    eventType,
+		InvolvedObject: corev1.ObjectReference{
+			Kind:      obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind,
+			Namespace: obj.GetNamespace(),
+			Name:      obj.GetName(),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func kindNameIndexer(obj client.Object) []string {
+	e, ok := obj.(*corev1.Event)
+	if !ok {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Expected a Event, got %T", e))
+	}
+
+	return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", e.InvolvedObject.Kind, e.InvolvedObject.Name)}
+}

cmd/flux/export.go

@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 var exportCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "export",
 	Short: "Export resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export sub-commands export resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  `The export sub-commands export resources in YAML format.`,
 }
 
 type exportFlags struct {
@@ -122,5 +122,6 @@ func printExport(export interface{}) error {
 func resourceToString(data []byte) string {
 	data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("  creationTimestamp: null\n"), []byte(""), 1)
 	data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("status: {}\n"), []byte(""), 1)
+	data = bytes.TrimSpace(data)
 	return string(data)
 }

cmd/flux/export_alert.go

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var exportAlertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "alert [name]",
 	Short: "Export Alert resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export alert command exports one or all Alert resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export alert command exports one or all Alert resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all Alert resources
   flux export alert --all > alerts.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_alertprovider.go

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var exportAlertProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "alert-provider [name]",
 	Short: "Export Provider resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export alert-provider command exports one or all Provider resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export alert-provider command exports one or all Provider resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all Provider resources
   flux export alert-provider --all > alert-providers.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_helmrelease.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var exportHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "helmrelease [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"hr"},
 	Short:   "Export HelmRelease resources in YAML format",
-	Long:    "The export helmrelease command exports one or all HelmRelease resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote("The export helmrelease command exports one or all HelmRelease resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all HelmRelease resources
   flux export helmrelease --all > kustomizations.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_image.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 var exportImageCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "image",
 	Short: "Export image automation objects",
-	Long:  "The export image sub-commands export image automation objects in YAML format.",
+	Long:  `The export image sub-commands export image automation objects in YAML format.`,
 }
 
 func init() {

cmd/flux/export_image_policy.go

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ 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/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var exportImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "policy [name]",
 	Short: "Export ImagePolicy resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export image policy command exports one or all ImagePolicy resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export image policy command exports one or all ImagePolicy resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all ImagePolicy resources
   flux export image policy --all > image-policies.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_image_repository.go

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ 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/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var exportImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "repository [name]",
 	Short: "Export ImageRepository resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export image repository command exports one or all ImageRepository resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export image repository command exports one or all ImageRepository resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all ImageRepository resources
   flux export image repository --all > image-repositories.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_image_update.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 var exportImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "update [name]",
 	Short: "Export ImageUpdateAutomation resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export image update command exports one or all ImageUpdateAutomation resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export image update command exports one or all ImageUpdateAutomation resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all ImageUpdateAutomation resources
   flux export image update --all > updates.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_kustomization.go

@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ 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/v1"
 )
 
 var exportKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "kustomization [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"ks"},
 	Short:   "Export Kustomization resources in YAML format",
-	Long:    "The export kustomization command exports one or all Kustomization resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:    `The export kustomization command exports one or all Kustomization resources in YAML format.`,
 	Example: `  # Export all Kustomization resources
   flux export kustomization --all > kustomizations.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_receiver.go

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 var exportReceiverCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "receiver [name]",
 	Short: "Export Receiver resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export receiver command exports one or all Receiver resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  `The export receiver command exports one or all Receiver resources in YAML format.`,
 	Example: `  # Export all Receiver resources
   flux export receiver --all > receivers.yaml
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func exportReceiver(receiver *notificationv1.Receiver) interface{} {
-	gvk := notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind("Receiver")
+	gvk := notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ReceiverKind)
 	export := notificationv1.Receiver{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			Kind:       gvk.Kind,

cmd/flux/export_secret.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )
 
 // exportableWithSecret represents a type that you can fetch from the Kubernetes

cmd/flux/export_source.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 var exportSourceCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "source",
 	Short: "Export sources",
-	Long:  "The export source sub-commands export sources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  `The export source sub-commands export sources in YAML format.`,
 }
 
 var (

cmd/flux/export_source_bucket.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 var exportSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bucket [name]",
 	Short: "Export Bucket sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export source git command exports one or all Bucket sources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export source git command exports one or all Bucket sources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all Bucket sources
   flux export source bucket --all > sources.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_source_git.go

@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ 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/v1"
 )
 
 var exportSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "git [name]",
 	Short: "Export GitRepository sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export source git command exports one or all GitRepository sources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  `The export source git command exports one or all GitRepository sources in YAML format.`,
 	Example: `  # Export all GitRepository sources
   flux export source git --all > sources.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_source_helm.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 var exportSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Export HelmRepository sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export source git command exports one or all HelmRepository sources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export source git command exports one or all HelmRepository sources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all HelmRepository sources
   flux export source helm --all > sources.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_source_oci.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 var exportSourceOCIRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "oci [name]",
 	Short: "Export OCIRepository sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export source oci command exports one or all OCIRepository sources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export source oci command exports one or all OCIRepository sources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all OCIRepository sources
   flux export source oci --all > sources.yaml
 

cmd/flux/export_test.go

@@ -8,78 +8,92 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestExport(t *testing.T) {
+	namespace := allocateNamespace("flux-system")
+
+	objectFile := "testdata/export/objects.yaml"
+	tmpl := map[string]string{
+		"fluxns": namespace,
+	}
+	testEnv.CreateObjectFile(objectFile, tmpl, t)
+
 	cases := []struct {
 		name       string
 		arg        string
 		goldenFile string
+		tmpl       map[string]string
 	}{
 		{
 			"alert-provider",
 			"export alert-provider slack",
 			"testdata/export/provider.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"alert",
 			"export alert flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/alert.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"image policy",
 			"export image policy flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/image-policy.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"image repository",
 			"export image repository flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/image-repo.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"image update",
 			"export image update flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/image-update.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"source git",
 			"export source git flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/git-repo.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"source helm",
 			"export source helm flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/helm-repo.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"receiver",
 			"export receiver flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/receiver.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"kustomization",
 			"export kustomization flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/ks.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"helmrelease",
 			"export helmrelease flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/helm-release.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 		{
 			"bucket",
 			"export source bucket flux-system",
 			"testdata/export/bucket.yaml",
+			tmpl,
 		},
 	}
 
-	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"],
+				args:   tt.arg + " -n=" + namespace,
 				assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile(tt.goldenFile, tmpl),
 			}
 

cmd/flux/get.go

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pkg/printers"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/printers"
 )
 
 type deriveType func(runtime.Object) (summarisable, error)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (m typeMap) execute(t string, obj runtime.Object) (summarisable, error) {
 var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "get",
 	Short: "Get the resources and their status",
-	Long:  "The get sub-commands print the statuses of Flux resources.",
+	Long:  `The get sub-commands print the statuses of Flux resources.`,
 }
 
 type GetFlags struct {
@@ -163,9 +163,16 @@ func (get getCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	if get.list.len() == 0 {
 		if len(args) > 0 {
-			logger.Failuref("%s object '%s' not found in '%s' namespace", get.kind, args[0], *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
+			logger.Failuref("%s object '%s' not found in %s namespace",
+				get.kind,
+				args[0],
+				namespaceNameOrAny(getArgs.allNamespaces, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace),
+			)
 		} else 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,
+				namespaceNameOrAny(getArgs.allNamespaces, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace),
+			)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -192,6 +199,13 @@ func (get getCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func namespaceNameOrAny(allNamespaces bool, namespaceName string) string {
+	if allNamespaces {
+		return "any"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%q", namespaceName)
+}
+
 func getRowsToPrint(getAll bool, list summarisable) ([][]string, error) {
 	noFilter := true
 	var conditionType, conditionStatus string

cmd/flux/get_alert.go

@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var getAlertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "alerts",
 	Aliases: []string{"alert"},
 	Short:   "Get Alert statuses",
-	Long:    "The get alert command prints the statuses of the resources.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/get_alertprovider.go

@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var getAlertProviderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "alert-providers",
 	Aliases: []string{"alert-provider"},
 	Short:   "Get Provider statuses",
-	Long:    "The get alert-provider command prints the statuses of the resources.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/get_all.go

@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta1"
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
-	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
+	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
+	notificationv1b2 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )
 
 var getAllCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "all",
 	Short: "Get all resources and statuses",
-	Long:  "The get all command print the statuses of all resources.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The get all command print the statuses of all resources."),
 	Example: `  # List all resources in a namespace
   flux get all --namespace=flux-system
 
@@ -62,11 +63,11 @@ var getAllCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			},
 			{
 				apiType: alertProviderType,
-				list:    alertProviderListAdapter{&notificationv1.ProviderList{}},
+				list:    alertProviderListAdapter{&notificationv1b2.ProviderList{}},
 			},
 			{
 				apiType: alertType,
-				list:    &alertListAdapter{&notificationv1.AlertList{}},
+				list:    &alertListAdapter{&notificationv1b2.AlertList{}},
 			},
 		}
 

cmd/flux/get_helmrelease.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var getHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "helmreleases",
 	Aliases: []string{"hr", "helmrelease"},
 	Short:   "Get HelmRelease statuses",
-	Long:    "The get helmreleases command prints the statuses of the resources.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote("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)),

cmd/flux/get_image.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var getImageCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "images",
 	Aliases: []string{"image"},
 	Short:   "Get image automation object status",
-	Long:    "The get image sub-commands print the status of image automation objects.",
+	Long:    `The get image sub-commands print the status of image automation objects.`,
 }
 
 func init() {