Makefile: drop OVERRIDES_DIR and dependent make targets

Makefile

@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ SUPERVISOR_WEBHOOK_ROOT ?= $(MANIFEST_ROOT)/supervisor/webhook
 RBAC_ROOT ?= $(MANIFEST_ROOT)/rbac
 VCSIM_RBAC_ROOT ?= $(VCSIM_DIR)/config/rbac
 NETOP_RBAC_ROOT ?= $(NETOP_DIR)/config/rbac
-VERSION ?= $(shell cat clusterctl-settings.json | jq .config.nextVersion -r)
-OVERRIDES_DIR := $(HOME)/.cluster-api/overrides/infrastructure-vsphere/$(VERSION)
 
 JANITOR_DIR ?= ./$(TOOLS_DIR)/janitor
 
@@ -663,10 +661,6 @@ $(RELEASE_NOTES_DIR):
 $(BUILD_DIR):
 	@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 
-.PHONY: $(OVERRIDES_DIR)
-$(OVERRIDES_DIR):
-	@mkdir -p $(OVERRIDES_DIR)
-
 .PHONY: release
 release: clean-release ## Builds release manifests based on $(PROD_REGISTRY) and $(RELEASE_TAG) into $(RELEASE_DIR)
 	@if [ -z "${RELEASE_TAG}" ]; then echo "RELEASE_TAG is not set"; exit 1; fi
@@ -682,13 +676,6 @@ release-manifests-all: ## Builds release manifests into $(RELEASE_DIR)
 	## Build the manifests into $(RELEASE_DIR)
 	$(MAKE) release-manifests STAGE=release MANIFEST_DIR=$(RELEASE_DIR)
 
-.PHONY: dev-manifests
-dev-manifests: ## Builds dev manifests based on $(REGISTRY) and $(TAG) into the $(OVERRIDES_DIR)
-	# Set the manifest image to $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME):$(TAG) and pull policy to Always.
-	$(MAKE) manifest-modification REGISTRY=$(REGISTRY) RELEASE_TAG=$(TAG) PULL_POLICY=Always
-	## Build the manifests into $(OVERRIDES_DIR)
-	$(MAKE) release-manifests STAGE=dev MANIFEST_DIR=$(OVERRIDES_DIR)
-
 .PHONY: manifest-modification
 manifest-modification: $(BUILD_DIR) # Set the manifest images to $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME):$(RELEASE_TAG) and pull policy to $(PULL_POLICY)
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)/config
@@ -710,10 +697,6 @@ release-manifests: $(BUILD_DIR) $(MANIFEST_DIR) $(KUSTOMIZE) $(STAGE)-flavors ##
 release-flavors: $(RELEASE_DIR)
 	$(MAKE) generate-flavors FLAVOR_DIR=$(RELEASE_DIR)
 
-.PHONY: dev-flavors ## Create dev flavor manifests
-dev-flavors: $(OVERRIDES_DIR)
-	$(MAKE) generate-flavors FLAVOR_DIR=$(OVERRIDES_DIR)
-
 .PHONY: e2e-flavors ## Create dev flavor manifests for e2e testing
 e2e-flavors: $(KUSTOMIZE) $(addprefix e2e-flavors-, main)
 

docs/development.md

@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ make docker-push-all ALL_ARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
 
 Overrides need to be placed in `~/.cluster-api/overrides/infrastructure-vsphere/{version}`
 
-Running the following generates these overrides for you:
-
-``` shell
-make dev-manifests
-```
-
 For development purposes, if you are using a `major.minor.x` version (see env variable VERSION) which is not present in the `metadata.yml`, include this version entry along with the API contract in the file.
 
 ### Using dev manifests
@@ -95,8 +89,8 @@ After publishing your test image and generating the manifests, you can use
 
 #### Using custom cluster-templates  
 
-In order to generate a custom `custom-template.yaml`, run `make dev-flavors`.  
-This command will generate a `cluster-template.yaml` at and the logs will mention the path where this file is generated. On mac it will look something like this - `/Users/<user>/.cluster-api/overrides/infrastructure-vsphere/v0.x.0/cluster-template.yaml`.  
+In order to generate a custom `custom-template.yaml`, run `make generate-flavors`.  
+This command will generate all flavors in the `templates` directory.
 To create this custom cluster, use `clusterctl generate cluster --from="<cluster_template_path>" <cluster_name>`  
 
 ## Testing e2e