alicefr · Oct 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ jobs:
           git tag -s -m "Release ${TAG}" "${TAG}"
           git push origin "${TAG}"
 
+      - name: Create release branch
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          BRANCH="release-${VERSION%.*}"
+          if gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/branches/${BRANCH}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Branch ${BRANCH} already exists, skipping"
+          else
+            SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+            gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs" \
+              -f "ref=refs/heads/${BRANCH}" \
+              -f "sha=${SHA}"
+          fi
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
@@ -113,16 +128,37 @@ jobs:
           TAG: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
         run: make release-manifest IMG="${IMAGE}:${TAG}"
 
+      - name: Package and push Helm chart
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          TAG: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
+          ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          make helm
+          ./bin/yq -i ".version = \"${VERSION}\"" chart/bootc-operator/Chart.yaml
+          ./bin/yq -i ".appVersion = \"${TAG}\"" chart/bootc-operator/Chart.yaml
+          helm package chart/bootc-operator
+          helm registry login -u "${ACTOR}" -p "${GH_TOKEN}" ghcr.io
+          helm push "bootc-operator-${VERSION}.tgz" oci://ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/charts
+
       - name: Create release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           TAG: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
         run: |
           {
             printf '## Installation\n\n'
+            printf '### kubectl\n\n'
             printf '```bash\n'
             printf 'kubectl apply -f https://github.com/%s/releases/download/%s/install.yaml\n' \
               "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" "${TAG}"
+            printf '```\n\n'
+            printf '### Helm\n\n'
+            printf '```bash\n'
+            printf 'helm install bootc-operator oci://ghcr.io/%s/charts/bootc-operator --version %s \\\n' \
+              "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" "${TAG#v}"
+            printf '  --create-namespace --namespace bootc-operator\n'
             printf '```\n'
           } > notes.md
           gh release create "${TAG}" \

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.0
+0.2.0
diff --git a/docs/src/helm.md b/docs/src/helm.md
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@
 
 ## Install
 
+Install from the OCI registry:
+
+```bash
+helm install bootc-operator oci://ghcr.io/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/charts/bootc-operator \
+  --create-namespace --namespace bootc-operator
+```
+
+To install a specific version:
+
+```bash
+helm install bootc-operator oci://ghcr.io/bootc-dev/bootc-operator/charts/bootc-operator \
+  --version 0.1.0 \
+  --create-namespace --namespace bootc-operator
+```
+
+Alternatively, install from a local checkout:
+
 ```bash
 helm install bootc-operator ./chart/bootc-operator \
   --create-namespace --namespace bootc-operator

diff --git a/hack/sync-helm.sh b/hack/sync-helm.sh
@@ -56,14 +56,16 @@ gen_workload() {
         .metadata.namespace = \"HELM_NAMESPACE\" |
         .spec.template.spec.serviceAccountName = \"HELM_FULLNAME-${name}\" |
         .spec.template.spec.containers[0].image = \"HELM_IMAGE\" |
-        del(.metadata.labels.\"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by\") |
+        del(.metadata.labels) |
+        .metadata.labels.HELM_LABELS_PLACEHOLDER = true |
         del(.spec.template.spec.containers[0].volumeMounts | select(length == 0)) |
         del(.spec.template.spec.volumes | select(length == 0)) |
         ... comments=\"\"
     " "$source" | sed \
         -e 's/HELM_FULLNAME/{{ include "bootc-operator.fullname" . }}/g' \
         -e 's/HELM_NAMESPACE/{{ .Release.Namespace }}/g' \
         -e 's/HELM_IMAGE/{{ include "bootc-operator.image" . }}/g' \
+        -e '/HELM_LABELS_PLACEHOLDER/c\    {{- include "bootc-operator.labels" . | nindent 4 }}' \
     > "$output"
 
     sed -i '/image: {{ include "bootc-operator\.image" \. }}/a\
@@ -105,11 +107,14 @@ gen_binding() {
 
     "$YQ" -I2 "
         .metadata.name = \"HELM_FULLNAME-${name}\" |
-        del(.metadata.labels.\"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by\") |
+        del(.metadata.labels) |
+        .metadata.labels.HELM_LABELS_PLACEHOLDER = true |
         .roleRef.name = \"HELM_FULLNAME-${role_suffix}\" |
         .subjects[0].name = \"HELM_FULLNAME-${sa_suffix}\" |
         .subjects[0].namespace = \"HELM_NAMESPACE\"
-    " "$source" | helm_sed > "$output"
+    " "$source" | helm_sed | sed \
+        -e '/HELM_LABELS_PLACEHOLDER/c\    {{- include "bootc-operator.labels" . | nindent 4 }}' \
+    > "$output"
 }
 
 gen_binding "$CONFIG_DIR/rbac/role_binding.yaml" \
@@ -129,8 +134,11 @@ gen_sa() {
     "$YQ" -I2 "
         .metadata.name = \"HELM_FULLNAME-${name}\" |
         .metadata.namespace = \"HELM_NAMESPACE\" |
-        del(.metadata.labels.\"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by\")
-    " "$source" | helm_sed > "$output"
+        del(.metadata.labels) |
+        .metadata.labels.HELM_LABELS_PLACEHOLDER = true
+    " "$source" | helm_sed | sed \
+        -e '/HELM_LABELS_PLACEHOLDER/c\    {{- include "bootc-operator.labels" . | nindent 4 }}' \
+    > "$output"
 }
 
 gen_sa "$CONFIG_DIR/rbac/controller_service_account.yaml" \
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		@@ -1 +1 @@
		0.1.0
		0.2.0
HarshwardhanPatil07 Oct 6, 2026 Copy link Copy Markdown Member Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. idk why is this showing 0.1.0 but we were on 0.1.1 alicefr Oct 6, 2026 • edited Loading Copy link Copy Markdown Collaborator Author Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Because we did the bump of the version in the release-0.1 branch only. It was a minor release alicefr Oct 6, 2026 • edited Loading Copy link Copy Markdown Collaborator Author Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. The release branches will start to diverge alicefr Oct 6, 2026 Copy link Copy Markdown Collaborator Author Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. We would only have the major release bumps