#13284·Helm

.helmignore does not ignore symlinks

Author: graywolf-s1Created Aug 29, 2024Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Output of helm version:

version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.15.4", GitCommit:"fa9efb07d9d8debbb4306d72af76a383895aa8c4", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.22.6"}

Output of kubectl version:

Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"24", GitVersion:"v1.24.17", GitCommit:"22a9682c8fe855c321be75c5faacde343f909b04", GitTreeState:"archive", BuildDate:"2024-01-11T20:07:07Z", GoVersion:"go1.20.7", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/arm64"}
Kustomize Version: v4.5.4

Cloud Provider/Platform (AKS, GKE, Minikube etc.):

AWS, self-managed cluster

When I put a symlink (broken) into the .helmignore file, helm template still fails. Reproduction:

$ helm create test
Creating test
$ cd test
$ cd templates
$ ln -s foo bar
$ cd ..
$ echo bar >>.helmignore
$ 
$ helm template .
Error: error evaluating symlink /tmp/repro/test/templates/bar: lstat /private/tmp/repro/test/templates/foo: no such file or directory

Source: helm/helm

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