diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.idea
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine
+
+LABEL version="1.0.0"
+LABEL name="k8s-toolkit"
+LABEL repository="http://github.com/bwvolleyball/k8s-toolkit"
+LABEL homepage="http://github.com/bwvolleyball/k8s-toolkit"
+
+LABEL maintainer="Brandon Ward <@bwvolleyball>"
+LABEL com.github.actions.name="Kubernetes Toolkit"
+LABEL com.github.actions.description="Configures a kubernetes toolkit. The kube config must be provided. Includes kubernetes cli and helm."
+LABEL com.github.actions.icon="terminal"
+LABEL com.github.actions.color="blue"
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl
+
+COPY LICENSE README.md /
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["help"]
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) [2021] [Brandon Ward]
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# GitHub Actions Kubernetes Toolkit
+> This action started as a fork of [steebchen/kubectl](https://github.com/steebchen/kubectl), but the solution is now very different.
+> If you just need to directly run a single kubernetes command, simply use that action.
+> 
+> If instead, you need to run multiple `kubectl` commands, or `helm`, this action installs these tools _and_ configures them,
+> so that they can be used throughout the remaining steps in your job.
+
+This action provides `kubectl` and `helm` for GitHub Actions.
+
+As with the upstream inspiration for this project, please :star: it if you do end up using it!
+
+## Usage
+
+`.github/workflows/push.yml`
+
+```yaml
+on: push
+name: deploy
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: deploy to cluster
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: deploy to cluster
+      uses: bwvolleyball/k8s-toolkit@v1.0.0
+      with: # defaults to latest kubectl & helm binary versions
+        config: ${{ secrets.KUBE_CONFIG_DATA }}
+        kubectl_version: v1.21.5
+        helm_version: v3.7.0
+    # After it's been configured, you can now freely use kubectl & helm commands the rest of the job.
+    # This could also be used for multi-cluster deployment, as long as your provided kube config has all required clusters.
+    - name: Check kubectl version
+      run: kubectl version
+    - name: Check helm version
+      run: helm version
+    - name: Update Deployment
+      run: set image --record deployment/my-app container=${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}
+    - name: Helm Deployment
+      run: helm upgrade my-release my/chart --namespace namespace
+    - name: verify deployment
+      run: helm test my-release --namespace namespace
+```
+
+## Arguments
+
+`config` – **required**: A base64-encoded kubeconfig file with credentials for Kubernetes to access the cluster. You can get it by running the following command:
+
+```bash
+cat $HOME/.kube/config | base64
+```
+**Note**: Do not use kubectl config view as this will hide the certificate-authority-data.
+
+`kubectl_version`: The kubectl version with a 'v' prefix, e.g. `v1.21.0`. It defaults to the latest kubectl binary version available.
+
+`helm_version`: The helm version with a 'v' prefix, e.g. `v3.7.0`. It defaults to the latest helm binary version available.
+Since this is read from the GitHub releases, it could easily be a pre-release binary. You are strongly encouraged to explicitly
+set the version for this.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
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+name: 'kubernetes-toolkit'
+description: 'configures a kubernetes toolkit for your actions => Includes: kubectl, helm'
+runs:
+  using: 'docker'
+  image: 'Dockerfile'
+  args:
+    - ${{ inputs.kubectl_version }}
+    - ${{ inputs.config }}
+    - ${{ inputs.helm_version }}
+branding:
+  icon: 'terminal'
+  color: 'blue'
+inputs:
+  kubectl_version:
+    description: 'kubectl version, e.g. `v1.21.0`, defaults to latest'
+    required: false
+    default: latest
+  config:
+    description: 'kube config data'
+    required: true
+  helm_version:
+    description: 'helm cli version, e.g. `v3.7.0`, defaults to latest. Not necessarily stable.'
+    required: false
+    default: latest
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+kubectl_version="$1"
+config="$2"
+helm_version="$3"
+
+if [ "$kubectl_version" = "latest" ]; then
+  kubectl_version=$(curl -Ls https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)
+fi
+
+echo "using kubectl@$kubectl_version"
+
+curl -sLO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$kubectl_version/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl" -o kubectl
+chmod +x kubectl
+mv kubectl /usr/local/bin
+
+# Extract the base64 encoded config data and write this to the KUBECONFIG
+export KUBE_CONFIG_FOLDER="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.kube"
+export KUBECONFIG="$KUBE_CONFIG_FOLDER/config"
+
+mkdir -p "$KUBE_CONFIG_FOLDER"
+
+echo "$config" | base64 -d > "$KUBECONFIG"
+echo "KUBECONFIG=./.kube/config" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+# Install helm
+if [ "$helm_version" = "latest" ]; then
+  helm_version=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/helm/helm/releases/latest" | awk -F '"' '/tag_name/{print $4}')
+fi
+
+echo "using helm@$helm_version"
+
+curl -sLO "https://get.helm.sh/helm-$helm_version-linux-amd64.tar.gz" -o "helm-$helm_version-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+tar -zxvf "helm-$helm_version-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm