did not find expected node content

[StarpTech]

What does the error mean? The repository is public.

kpt pkg get https://github.com/StarpTech/k8s-gitops.git/demo@main helloworld
fetching package /demo from https://github.com/StarpTech/k8s-gitops to helloworld
error: D:\repositories\starptech\helmsphere\helloworld\umbrella-chart\charts\order-service\templates\deployment.yaml: yaml: line 5: did not find expected node content

\umbrella-chart\charts\order-service\templates\deployment.yaml

[phanimarupaka]

@StarpTech Thanks for filing the issue. This must be related to parsing template structures in yaml.

[mortent]

@StarpTech The problem here is that your package contains a Helm chart which has files with .yaml extension, but doesn't actually contain valid yaml. We plan to provide a way to exclude files like this from the parts of kpt that requires yaml files: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt/issues/517

[yanniszark]

@mortent I also encountered this issue when trying to vendor a third-party Helm chart. In my case, I actually want to vendor the Helm chart, not ignore it, in order to then use it with kustomize HelmInflator. This seems like a use-case kpt could support, so does it make sense to allow it by relaxing this check in kpt pkg get (maybe with a flag?).

[yuwenma]

I also encountered this issue when trying out the inflator-helm-chart example (which is not curated). https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt-functions-catalog/tree/apply-setters/v0.1/examples/contrib/inflate-helm-chart @mengqiy

[mengqiy]

The inflate-helm-chart examples have been updated. They can be found in https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt-functions-catalog/tree/master/examples/contrib/inflate-helm-chart

[emirot]

Has this issue been fixed?

[JagratiS]

I am facing same issue. Is there any fix on this issue in recent versions ?

[daxmc99]

Also seeing this issue. Improving the error to specify its a possible yaml format issue would be a good first step