A feature to exclude files or folders for the OCM "github" access type using a ".ocmignore" file.

[antopraveen]

What would you like to be added:
A feature to exclude files or folders for the OCM "github" access type using a ".ocmignore" file.

Why is this needed:

This approach enables maintaining a single repository for deployments across both public cloud and air-gapped environments.

In the public cloud, SAP handles the deployment, requiring landscape-specific details to be included in the repository.

However, for private cloud (air-gapped) deployments, these landscape-specific details are unnecessary and contain internal information. Sharing such details with customer spaces is not a best practice.

What is the benefit

• Implementing this feature will significantly reduce the operational burden of maintaining separate repositories for private and public cloud deployments.
• allowing us to rely entirely on the GitHub access type.
• Not required to clone the repo locally to change it as type "dir"
• Ensure's only necessary folders/files are shipped to air gapped environment

[ikhandamirov]

• @morri-son

[morri-son]

@antopraveen, so you would like to have an attribute on resource level for access type github that allows to filter for certain files and folders, based on a list and regex?

[antopraveen]

Yes, that's correct, @morri-son. This will enable us and others to fully rely on the github access type for both public and private cloud deployments using the same repository.

[frewilhelm]

@jakobmoellerdev @morri-son please decide on priority

[morri-son]

@jakobmoellerdev mentioned that the git access method has such a filter. If this can be used by Anto we can shift or even skip this for v1. @jakobmoellerdev can you please link the access attributes and possible values so that @antopraveen csn try it out?

[jakobmoellerdev]

The git access is only gonna be released with v0.20. Additionally the filter feature is not exposed (https://github.com/open-component-model/ocm/blob/main/api/utils/blobaccess/git/access.go) so I would have to expose that as a feature first.

[github-actions]

This issue was marked as stale because it has not had recent activity.