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## helm create

create a new chart with the given name

### Synopsis



This command creates a chart directory along with the common files and
directories used in a chart.

For example, 'helm create foo' will create a directory structure that looks
something like this:

	foo/
	  |
	  |- .helmignore   # Contains patterns to ignore when packaging Helm charts.
	  |
	  |- Chart.yaml    # Information about your chart
	  |
	  |- values.yaml   # The default values for your templates
	  |
	  |- charts/       # Charts that this chart depends on
	  |
	  |- templates/    # The template files

'helm create' takes a path for an argument. If directories in the given path
do not exist, Helm will attempt to create them as it goes. If the given
destination exists and there are files in that directory, conflicting files
will be overwritten, but other files will be left alone.


```
helm create NAME
```

### Options

```
  -p, --starter string   the named Helm starter scaffold
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --debug                     enable verbose output
      --home string               location of your Helm config. Overrides $HELM_HOME (default "~/.helm")
      --host string               address of tiller. Overrides $HELM_HOST
      --kube-context string       name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --tiller-namespace string   namespace of tiller (default "kube-system")
```

### SEE ALSO
* [helm](#helm)	 - The Helm package manager for Kubernetes.
