Merge CRD objects into each other

[TrayserCassa]

Hi,

I’m currently working on reusing a struct that defines a container configuration for both jobs and deployments. Since these configurations can have different values (e.g., the image field), I structured it like this:

Container                                        ContainerSpec `json:"container"`
AdminDeploymentContainer      ContainerSpec `json:"adminDeploymentContainer"`
MigrationJobContainer                ContainerSpec `json:"migrationJobContainer"`

The goal is as follows:

If Container specifies image:abc and AdminDeploymentContainer specifies image: xyz, the admin deployment should run with xyz, while everything else uses abc.

I was considering adding a Merge function to handle these cases, in addition to the existing DeepCopyInto function.
Does this approach make sense, or is there an existing PR or issue I might have overlooked?

[sbueringer]

I'm not aware of anything in controller-tools that would help here

[camilamacedo86]

IHMO it should be closed as won't to do

[sbueringer]

Agree. I think there is nothing we can/should implement in controller-tools
/close

[k8s-ci-robot]

@sbueringer: Closing this issue.

In response to this:

Agree. I think there is nothing we can do in CT
/close

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