ExistingPath does not work

[tehlers320]

I have a chart wrapped in a chart wrapped in a chart.... (i know fun right).... anyways

if i put

otelcol:
  opentelemetry-collector:
    configMap:
      existingPath: "templates/configMap.yaml" # this is set just to highlight the problem

I get

entelemetry-collector.configTemplateChecksumAnnotation" at <include (print $.Template.BasePath "/" .Values.configMap.existingPath) .>: error calling include: template: no template "otelcol/charts/otelcol/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/templates/configMap.yaml" associated with template "gotpl"

I believe the function here may be a problem because of where BasePath puts you:

checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/" .Values.rcp-otelcol.opentelemetry-collector.configMap.existingPath) . | sha256sum }}

helm docs say

Template.BasePath: The namespaced path to the templates directory of the current chart (e.g. mychart/templates).

i dont have any work-arounds right now.

[mpersaud-chwy]

Facing the same issue as well. I have an umbrella chart that creates our configmap as config.yaml. The OSS chart is a child chart that we extend. We are unable to utilize this due to the same error.

[mpersaud-chwy]

@tehlers320 I was able to at least get the system to force a restart on each deployment using a pattern like the following

official-opentelemetry-collector:
    podAnnotations:
      randAlphaNum/autoRestartEverytime: "{{ randAlphaNum 5 }}"

where official-opentelemetry-collector is the alias i have of the OSS chart as a child/dependency chart.

It's not ideal but it does result in changes to the config map being picked up when have a CI/CD deployment occur.