From 15582ec4dcf8e406e62a0eaf97cab7069955cd30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kamilswiec <31224592+kamilswiec@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:40:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat:support --dependency-update before upgrade

Signed-off-by: kamilswiec <31224592+kamilswiec@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 cmd/helm3.go   |  6 ++++++
 cmd/upgrade.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/helm3.go b/cmd/helm3.go
index 1e9df931..03a7f365 100644
--- a/cmd/helm3.go
+++ b/cmd/helm3.go
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ func getRelease(release, namespace string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return outputWithRichError(cmd)
 }
 
+func updateDependencies(chart string) ([]byte, error) {
+	args := []string{"dependency", "update", chart}
+	cmd := exec.Command(os.Getenv("HELM_BIN"), args...)
+	return outputWithRichError(cmd)
+}
+
 func getHooks(release, namespace string) ([]byte, error) {
 	args := []string{"get", "hooks", release}
 	if namespace != "" {
diff --git a/cmd/upgrade.go b/cmd/upgrade.go
index 75281af4..7c20fda3 100644
--- a/cmd/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/upgrade.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type diffCmd struct {
 	resetValues              bool
 	resetThenReuseValues     bool
 	allowUnreleased          bool
+	dependencyUpdate         bool
 	noHooks                  bool
 	includeTests             bool
 	includeCRDs              bool
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ func newChartCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.resetThenReuseValues, "reset-then-reuse-values", false, "reset the values to the ones built into the chart, apply the last release's values and merge in any new values. If '--reset-values' or '--reuse-values' is specified, this is ignored")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.allowUnreleased, "allow-unreleased", false, "enables diffing of releases that are not yet deployed via Helm")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.install, "install", false, "enables diffing of releases that are not yet deployed via Helm (equivalent to --allow-unreleased, added to match \"helm upgrade --install\" command")
+	f.BoolVar(&diff.dependencyUpdate, "dependency-update", false, "update dependencies if they are missing before diffing")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.noHooks, "no-hooks", false, "disable diffing of hooks")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.includeTests, "include-tests", false, "enable the diffing of the helm test hooks")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.includeCRDs, "include-crds", false, "include CRDs in the diffing")
@@ -271,6 +273,16 @@ func (d *diffCmd) runHelm3() error {
 
 	var err error
 
+	if d.dependencyUpdate {
+		var output []byte
+		output, err = updateDependencies(d.chart)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println(string(output))
+		}
+	}
+
 	if d.takeOwnership {
 		// We need to do a three way merge between the manifests of the new
 		// release, the manifests of the old release and what is currently deployed