Specifying appVersion with "helm package"

[Bert-R]

As I'd like to generate a helm package at build time, I would like to specify the appVersion as a command line parameter of the helm package command, just like you can do with the chart version.

Or is there an alternative way to do that? (I'm totally new to helm)

[seh]

I thought I've seen a proposal for making the Chart.yaml file subject to some template expansion/interpolation, but I can't find any such issue today.

[technosophos]

Chart.yaml cannot be templated because it must be immutable from helm package time onward. But I think that adding a flag to set it at package time would be fine.

[Bert-R]

Indeed, that would match well with the --version flag. In addition, helm package does not have the --set option, which would be required when applying expansion/interpolation to Chart.yaml.

[adshmh]

@bacongobbler I'd like to give this a try, as no one seems to be working on it.

[bacongobbler]

@adshmh feel free to give this a shot! Nobody has begun work on this. :)

[sslavic]

Requested in #3141 support for --values but supporting --set for helm package would be even more useful.

[adshmh]

Just submitted a PR for app-version. Will work on --set next.

[Bert-R]

Thanks a lot Arash for working on this!