KEP-3638: Promote plugin resolution to beta (#120663)

* Promote plugin resolution to beta

* Not use plugin for kubectl create -f command execution

`kubectl create -f` is legitimate command execution and we shouldn't
search plugins if user invokes this.

* Add integration test for plugin resolution for create command

* Reintroduce feature flag to ability to disable it explicitly

Kubernetes-commit: 074a8b00840e85cc95fd83b1825b14ab21ad09c4

pkg/cmd/cmd.go

@@ -142,17 +142,12 @@ func NewDefaultKubectlCommandWithArgs(o KubectlOptions) *cobra.Command {
 				}
 			}
 		} else if err == nil {
-			if cmdutil.CmdPluginAsSubcommand.IsEnabled() {
+			if !cmdutil.CmdPluginAsSubcommand.IsDisabled() {
 				// Command exists(e.g. kubectl create), but it is not certain that
 				// subcommand also exists (e.g. kubectl create networkpolicy)
-				if IsSubcommandPluginAllowed(foundCmd.Name()) {
+				// we also have to eliminate kubectl create -f
-					var subcommand string
+				if IsSubcommandPluginAllowed(foundCmd.Name()) && len(foundArgs) >= 1 && !strings.HasPrefix(foundArgs[0], "-") {
-					for _, arg := range foundArgs { // first "non-flag" argument as subcommand
+					subcommand := foundArgs[0]
-						if !strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-") {
-							subcommand = arg
-							break
-						}
-					}
 					builtinSubcmdExist := false
 					for _, subcmd := range foundCmd.Commands() {
 						if subcmd.Name() == subcommand {

pkg/cmd/cmd_test.go

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericiooptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/plugin"
-	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/testing"
-	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
 )
 
 func TestNormalizationFuncGlobalExistence(t *testing.T) {
@@ -129,7 +127,6 @@ func TestKubectlSubcommandShadowPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		cmdtesting.WithAlphaEnvs([]cmdutil.FeatureGate{cmdutil.CmdPluginAsSubcommand}, t, func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			pluginsHandler := &testPluginHandler{
 				pluginsDirectory: "plugin/testdata",
@@ -170,7 +167,6 @@ func TestKubectlSubcommandShadowPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected plugin execution args: expected %q, got %q", test.expectPluginArgs, pluginsHandler.withArgs)
 			}
 		})
-		})
 	}
 }
 

pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go

@@ -429,10 +429,20 @@ const (
 	CmdPluginAsSubcommand FeatureGate = "KUBECTL_ENABLE_CMD_SHADOW"
 )
 
+// IsEnabled returns true iff environment variable is set to true.
+// All other cases, it returns false.
 func (f FeatureGate) IsEnabled() bool {
 	return os.Getenv(string(f)) == "true"
 }
 
+// IsDisabled returns true iff environment variable is set to false.
+// All other cases, it returns true.
+// This function is used for the cases where feature is enabled by default,
+// but it may be needed to provide a way to ability to disable this feature.
+func (f FeatureGate) IsDisabled() bool {
+	return os.Getenv(string(f)) == "false"
+}
+
 func AddValidateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().String(
 		"validate",