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let patch use --local flag like `kubectl set image`
Adds the concept of a `--local` flag to `kubectl patch`. This flag is similar to `kubectl set image -f --local` because it will use the content of the file as the input to the patch operation instead of using the file content to file resource/name tuples.
This pull lets you run something like `kubectl create deployment --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl set volume --local -f - -o yaml | kubectl patch --local -f - --patch {} | kubectl create -f -`
As proof that it works, you can run against a local file just to mess around with it, but `--local -f -` is the most likely case.
```
$kubectl patch --local -f pkg/api/validation/testdata/v1/validPod.yaml --patch='{"spec": {"restartPolicy":"Never"}}'
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
creationTimestamp: null
labels:
name: redis-master
name: name
spec:
containers:
- args:
- this
- is
- an
- ok
- command
image: gcr.io/fake_project/fake_image:fake_tag
name: master
resources: {}
restartPolicy: Never
status: {}
```
This is useful for setting rarely used, but immutable fields from `kubectl create` or `kubectl convert` without dropping to an interactive editor.
Some discussion here: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/21648#issuecomment-218579977
@smarterclayton @kubernetes/kubectl
@eparis @soltysh @stevekuznetsov we've talked about this separately
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