add method to disable features internally

Signed-off-by: Sanskar Jaiswal <jaiswalsanskar078@gmail.com>

internal/features/features.go

@@ -65,3 +65,11 @@ func FeatureGates() map[string]bool {
 func Enabled(feature string) (bool, error) {
 	return feathelper.Enabled(feature)
 }
+
+// Disable disables the specified feature. If the feature is not
+// present, it's a no-op
+func Disable(feature string) {
+	if _, ok := features[feature]; ok {
+		features[feature] = false
+	}
+}

main.go

@@ -314,11 +314,10 @@ func main() {
 		managed.InitManagedTransport(ctrl.Log.WithName("managed-transport"))
 	} else {
 		if optimize, _ := feathelper.Enabled(features.OptimizedGitClones); optimize {
-			setupLog.Error(
-				fmt.Errorf("OptimizedGitClones=true but GitManagedTransport=false"),
-				"git clones can only be optimized when using managed transort",
+			features.Disable(features.OptimizedGitClones)
+			setupLog.Info(
+				"disabling optimzied git clones; git clones can only be optimized when using managed transort",
 			)
-			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}