⚠️ Remove v1alpha3 and v1alpha4

.gitignore

@@ -75,3 +75,6 @@ _releasenotes
 *~
 *.tmp
 .DS_Store
+
+# Ginkgo logs from test runs
+*ginkgo-log.txt

.golangci.yml

@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ linters-settings:
       # CAPV
       - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/apis/v1beta1
         alias: infrav1
-      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/apis/v1alpha3
-        alias: infrav1alpha3
-      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/apis/v1alpha4
-        alias: infrav1alpha4
       - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/apis/vmware/v1beta1
         alias: vmwarev1
       # VMware Operator
@@ -263,26 +259,4 @@ issues:
   - linters:
     - stylecheck
     text: "ST1016: methods on the same type should have the same receiver name"
-    path: ^apis\/.*\/.*conversion.*\.go$
-    # missing comments on v1alpha3 and v1alpha4 packages. These rules should be removed when those packages are removed.
-  - linters:
-      - revive
-    text: "package-comments"
-    path: ^(apis/(v1alpha3|v1alpha4)\/.*)\.go$
-  - linters:
-      - stylecheck
-    text: "ST1000"
-    path: ^(apis/(v1alpha3|v1alpha4)\/.*)\.go$
-  - linters:
-      - revive
-    text: exported (.*) should have comment (.*)or be unexported
-    path: ^(apis/(v1alpha3|v1alpha4)\/.*)\.go$
-    # wrong comment
-  - linters:
-      - revive
-    text: comment on exported (.*) should be of the form (.*)
-    path: ^(apis/(v1alpha3|v1alpha4)\/.*)\.go$
-  - linters:
-      - stylecheck
-    text: ST1021|ST1020
-    path: ^(apis/(v1alpha3|v1alpha4)\/.*)\.go$
+    path: ^apis\/.*\/.*conversion.*\.go$

Makefile

@@ -242,14 +242,12 @@ help:  # Display this help
 
 .PHONY: generate
 generate: ## Run all generate targets
-	$(MAKE) generate-modules generate-manifests generate-go-deepcopy generate-go-conversions generate-flavors
+	$(MAKE) generate-modules generate-manifests generate-go-deepcopy generate-flavors
 
 .PHONY: generate-manifests
 generate-manifests: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Generate manifests e.g. CRD, RBAC etc.
 	$(MAKE) clean-generated-yaml SRC_DIRS="$(CRD_ROOT),$(SUPERVISOR_CRD_ROOT),$(VMOP_CRD_ROOT)"
 	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) \
-		paths=./apis/v1alpha3 \
-		paths=./apis/v1alpha4 \
 		paths=./apis/v1beta1 \
 		paths=./internal/webhooks \
 		crd:crdVersions=v1 \
@@ -277,16 +275,6 @@ generate-go-deepcopy: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Generate deepcopy go code for core
 		object:headerFile=./hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.generatego.txt \
 		paths=./apis/...
 
-.PHONY: generate-go-conversions
-generate-go-conversions: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(CONVERSION_GEN) ## Runs Go related generate targets
-	$(MAKE) clean-generated-conversions SRC_DIRS="./apis/v1alpha3,./apis/v1alpha4"
-	$(CONVERSION_GEN) \
-		--input-dirs=./apis/v1alpha3 \
-		--input-dirs=./apis/v1alpha4 \
-		--build-tag=ignore_autogenerated \
-		--output-file-base=zz_generated.conversion $(CONVERSION_GEN_OUTPUT_BASE) \
-		--go-header-file=./hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.generatego.txt
-
 .PHONY: generate-modules
 generate-modules: ## Run go mod tidy to ensure modules are up to date
 	go mod tidy
@@ -343,7 +331,8 @@ APIDIFF_OLD_COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse origin/main)
 apidiff: $(GO_APIDIFF) ## Check for API differences
 	$(GO_APIDIFF) $(APIDIFF_OLD_COMMIT) --print-compatible
 
-ALL_VERIFY_CHECKS = licenses boilerplate shellcheck modules gen conversions doctoc flavors import-restrictions
+ALL_VERIFY_CHECKS = licenses boilerplate shellcheck modules gen doctoc flavors import-restrictions
+ALL_VERIFY_CHECKS = licenses boilerplate shellcheck modules gen doctoc flavors import-restrictions
 
 .PHONY: verify
 verify: $(addprefix verify-,$(ALL_VERIFY_CHECKS)) ## Run all verify-* targets
@@ -716,15 +705,15 @@ clean-release-git: ## Restores the git files usually modified during a release
 	git restore ./*manager_image_patch.yaml ./*manager_pull_policy.yaml
 
 .PHONY: clean-generated-yaml
-clean-generated-yaml: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1alpha4"
+clean-generated-yaml: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1beta1"
 	(IFS=','; for i in $(SRC_DIRS); do find $$i -type f -name '*.yaml' -exec rm -f {} \;; done)
 
 .PHONY: clean-generated-deepcopy
-clean-generated-deepcopy: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1alpha4"
+clean-generated-deepcopy: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1beta1"
 	(IFS=','; for i in $(SRC_DIRS); do find $$i -type f -name 'zz_generated.deepcopy*' -exec rm -f {} \;; done)
 
 .PHONY: clean-generated-conversions
-clean-generated-conversions: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1alpha4"
+clean-generated-conversions: ## Remove files generated by conversion-gen from the mentioned dirs. Example SRC_DIRS="./api/v1beta1"
 	(IFS=','; for i in $(SRC_DIRS); do find $$i -type f -name 'zz_generated.conversion*' -exec rm -f {} \;; done)
 
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