[FE]: Path finder

[damsien]

Roadmap 2025/07 Path finder : if an object already exists in any form in the remote repo, then replace it
As an application DevOps, I want my RemoteSyncer to automatically find if the object already exists in my repo with a custom path. If it does not exists, then keep the default behavior (namespace/group/apiVersion/kind/name).

What to do

Path finder function

Create a new pathFinder() function that returns the path if found or an empty string if not found. The function will be called in the pathConstructor() function before the line #L104.

syngit/internal/controller/git_pusher.go

Lines 101 to 104 in 0ee6e8d

	func (gp *GitPusher) pathConstructor(w *git.Worktree) (string, error) {
	gvr := gp.interceptedGVR
	tempPath := ""

The function can be implemented using the DFS (depth first search) algorithm. For each file found (a leaf of a graph), open it and check the metadata of the object. If the Group, Version (eg. apiVersion: apps/v1) & Kind (eg. kind: Deployment) (GVK) is the same, then check the namespace and the name. If they are the same as well, then the resource is found and the path is the path of the current file.

If the the pathFinder() function does not return an empty string, then the pathConstructor() function can directly returns the output of the pathFinder() function.

Path finder option

A discussion has to be done in Slack to decide if we have to add an option to disable the path finder (in which case it has to be done in the v1beta4 version of the RemoteSyncer object).

Additional context

If you have any questions, please tag @damsien.