v2.8.0 Release - 10/03/2023

Linux amd64 curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.8.0/skaffold-linux-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Linux arm64 curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.8.0/skaffold-linux-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS amd64 curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.8.0/skaffold-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS arm64 curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.8.0/skaffold-darwin-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Windows https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.8.0/skaffold-windows-amd64.exe

Docker image gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold:v2.8.0

Note: This release comes with a new config version, v4beta7. To upgrade your skaffold.yaml, use skaffold fix. If you choose not to upgrade, skaffold will auto-upgrade as best as it can.

New Features and Additions:

• feat: Support post-renderer for helm deployer. #9100
• feat: inject namespace from rendered manifests in post deploy hooks #9090
• feat: Add skaffold inspect command for adding config dependencies #9072
• feat: emit metrics for exec, verify and render #9078
• feat: Add global build pre- and post-hooks #9047
• feat: allow specifying a remote config dependency from Google Cloud Storage #9057

Updates and Refactors:

• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.8 to 2.21.9 #9101
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.7 to 2.21.8 #9097
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.6 to 2.21.7 #9096
• chore: add set docker host by current context #9094
• chore: bump github/codeql-action from 2.21.5 to 2.21.6 #9093
• chore: cherry-pick upgrade ko (#9043) to v2.7 #9089
• chore: verify should preserve job manifest envs #9087
• chore: bump actions/upload-artifact from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 #9075
• chore: upgrade ko #9043
• chore: bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 #9067

Docs, Test, and Release Updates:

• docs: Fix document tutorials/skaffold-resource-selector.md #9083
• docs: add templatable field #9088

Huge thanks goes out to all of our contributors for this release:

• Danilo Cianfrone
• Matt Santa
• Michael Plump
• Renzo Rojas
• Seita Uchimura
• dependabot[bot]
• ericzzzzzzz
• guangwu
• yosukei3108