Answers: <p>If you running Linux-based agents/runners, then you may be able to integrate the following command into your CI pipeline:</p>
  <pre><code>find path/to/helmchart/directory/ -type f -exec sed -i '' '/^#/d' {} \;
  </code></pre>
  <p>In the above command we use the <code>find</code> command to list out all the files in the helm chart directory and then we use the <code>exec</code> switch to run a <code>sed</code> to delete the lines which begin with a <code>#</code> using the regex pattern <code>^#</code>.</p>
  <p>The above command can be modified to include other regex patterns as defined by the use case.</p>
  <p>Also note that only the comments which begin with a <code>#</code> would be removed from the files in the helm directory. Helm chart templates have comments in the form of <code>{{/* ... */}}</code>. These will not be stripped. But supplying another regex will be able to do this job too. I hope this helps.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a lot of comments in my helm chart in my repository.
  I want to deliver my helm chart to others without these comments.</p>
  <p>I am hoping to be able to do this during my CI pipeline. I have a step in my pipeline which performs the <code>helm package</code> command. I am hoping to have this package completely stripped of comments (in the templates, values, etc)</p>
  <p>I have not found a way to do this directly with helm.</p>
  <p>Is there a simple solution to my problem?</p>
  <p>I have already considered some ways to solve it but I feel like I am missing a simple solution here.
  I know I can parse the values files and re write them using something like <code>yq</code> which will strip all comments. But that won't work for the template files as they are not valid yaml with the helm/go templating in them.</p>
  
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Comments: YAML comments or template comments - https://helm.sh/docs/chart_best_practices/templates/?
Comments: Kyslik
Tags: <kubernetes><continuous-integration><helm><kubernetes-helm>
Title: strip all comments from helm package
UserDisplayName: Inbar Rose
ThreadText: # strip all comments from helm package
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-30)
  
  I have a lot of comments in my helm chart in my repository.
  I want to deliver my helm chart to others without these comments.
  
  I am hoping to be able to do this during my CI pipeline. I have a step in my pipeline which performs the `helm package` command. I am hoping to have this package completely stripped of comments (in the templates, values, etc)
  
  I have not found a way to do this directly with helm.
  
  Is there a simple solution to my problem?
  
  I have already considered some ways to solve it but I feel like I am missing a simple solution here.
  I know I can parse the values files and re write them using something like `yq` which will strip all comments. But that won't work for the template files as they are not valid yaml with the helm/go templating in them.
  
  **Tags:** kubernetes, continuous-integration, helm, kubernetes-helm
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: YAML comments or template comments - https://helm.sh/docs/chart_best_practices/templates/?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2023-02-04. Score: 1
  
  If you running Linux-based agents/runners, then you may be able to integrate the following command into your CI pipeline:
  
  ```
  find path/to/helmchart/directory/ -type f -exec sed -i '' '/^#/d' {} \;
  
  ```
  
  In the above command we use the `find` command to list out all the files in the helm chart directory and then we use the `exec` switch to run a `sed` to delete the lines which begin with a `#` using the regex pattern `^#`.
  
  The above command can be modified to include other regex patterns as defined by the use case.
  
  Also note that only the comments which begin with a `#` would be removed from the files in the helm directory. Helm chart templates have comments in the form of `{{/* ... */}}`. These will not be stripped. But supplying another regex will be able to do this job too. I hope this helps.
  
  
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