Lint And Test Helm Charts In Pull Requests Before Kubernetes Packaging Changes Merge With Chart Testing

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name: "Lint and test Helm charts in pull requests before Kubernetes packaging changes merge with chart-testing"
slug: "lint-and-test-helm-charts-in-pull-requests-before-kubernetes-packaging-changes-merge-with-chart-testing"
description: "Run chart-focused lint and install checks so changed Helm charts are validated before release or merge."
github_stars: 1627
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/helm/chart-testing"
author: "Helm"
publisher_type: "organization"
category: "CI/CD Integrations"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "helm/chart-testing"
  github_stars: 1627
---

# Lint and test Helm charts in pull requests before Kubernetes packaging changes merge with chart-testing

Run chart-focused lint and install checks so changed Helm charts are validated before release or merge.

## Prerequisites

ct binary or Docker image, Helm, Git, Kubernetes test environment for install checks

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- $ brew install chart-testing
- brew install coreutils

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- It is recommended to use the provided Docker image which can be [found on Quay](https://quay.io/repository/helmpack/chart-testing).
- ### Docker Image
- A Docker image is available at quay.io/helmpack/chart-testing with list of

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- It comes with all necessary tools installed.
- [Helm](http://helm.sh)
- [Git](https://git-scm.com) (2.17.0 or later)

- Source: https://github.com/helm/chart-testing
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/chart-testing/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/helm/chart-testing

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/lint-and-test-helm-charts-in-pull-requests-before-kubernetes-packaging-changes-merge-with-chart-testing/)