v1.17.0 Release - 11/23/2020

Linux
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v1.17.0/skaffold-linux-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v1.17.0/skaffold-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Windows
https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v1.17.0/skaffold-windows-amd64.exe

Docker image
gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold:v1.17.0

Note: This release comes with a new config version, v2beta10. To upgrade your skaffold.yaml, use skaffold fix. If you choose not to upgrade, skaffold will auto-upgrade as best as it can.

Highlights:

• Helm 2 support has been removed from Skaffold! Read Helm's blog posts for more info.
• Build artifact dependencies can now be specified for all natively supported builders

New Features:

• Expand the skaffold init --artifact API to allow specifying artifact context #5000
• resolve environment variables in helm template keys #4899
• Add default dockerfile path to skaffold config when using skaffold init #4989
• Implement required artifact resolution in buildpacks builder #4962
• Implement required artifact resolution for custom builder #4972
• Implement required artifact resolution for cluster builder #4992
• Implement required artifact resolution in jib builder #4997
• Implement artifact resolution for all GCB builders. #5003

Fixes:

• port-forward should be able to select ports by service name #5009
• GitTagger generates an invalid tag if there are uncommitted changes #5034
• Fix Bug that prevents showing survey prompt #5027
• Enable running tests for cached images #5013
• Fix: Skaffold reloads unchanged, existing image again into the cluster #4983
• Fix 4950: User-defined port forwarding resources ignore the namespace flag #4987
• Fix Kaniko build args eval from config env. #5002
• Added logic to handle nil during interface conversion of namespace. #5001
• Do not log pruner context errors when Skaffold process is interrupted #4894
• Fix description of some kaniko flags #4988
• Only print port forward success message on actual success #4968
• skaffold init --force supports cases with 1 image and multiple builders #4973
• Fix parsing invalid Dockerfile #4943

Updates:

• Support ko image references #4952
• Replace util.SyncStore implementation to use singleflight and sync.Map. #5016
• Remove support for Helm 2 #5019
• Output logs in color for parallel builds #5014
• Support jsonnet as configuration source. #4855
• Cache docker.getDependencies and skip inspecting remote images with old manifest #4896
• Loose kustomize version requirements #4994
• Adding distinct exit codes for cluster connection failures. #4933

Docs Updates:

• Multi version docs #5048
• Documentation - CI/CD Tutorial End to End with Skaffold #4909
• [Proposal] Transparent skaffold init #4915
• [KPT CODELAB] (1/3) New codelab dir + the sample application resources #5023
• Update artifact-dependencies status to implemented #5021
• Force correct font to make magnifying glass appear #5017
• Doc update; new example; new tutorial for artifact dependencies #4971
• Update documentation for builders around artifact dependency. #4998
• fix examples to appropriate type #4974

Huge thanks goes out to all of our contributors for this release:

• Andrey Shlykov
• Gaurav
• Halvard Skogsrud
• Isaac
• Marlon Gamez
• Nick Kubala
• Priya Modali
• Ricardo La Rosa
• Sören Bohn
• Tejal Desai
• Vignesh T.V
• Yuwen Ma
• ilya-zuyev