github.com/argoproj/argo-cd@v1.8.7/docs/user-guide/tool_detection.md (about)

     1  # Tool Detection
     2  
     3  The tool used to build an application is detected as follows:
     4  
     5  If a specific tool is explicitly configured, then that tool is selected to create your application's manifests.
     6  
     7  The tool can be explicitly specified in the Application custom resource like this:
     8  ```
     9  apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
    10  kind: Application
    11  metadata:
    12    ...
    13  spec:
    14    ...
    15    source:
    16      ...
    17      
    18      # Tool -> plain directory
    19      directory:
    20        recurse: true
    21  ...
    22  ```
    23  
    24  You also can select the tool in the Application creation wizard in the web user interface. The default is 'Directory'. Press the dropdown button beneath the tool name if you want to choose a different one.
    25  
    26  
    27  If not, then the tool is detected implicitly as follows:
    28  
    29  * **Ksonnet** if there are two files, one named `app.yaml` and one named `components/params.libsonnet`.
    30  * **Helm** if there's a file matching `Chart.yaml`. 
    31  * **Kustomize** if there's a `kustomization.yaml`, `kustomization.yml`, or `Kustomization`
    32  
    33  Otherwise it is assumed to be a plain **directory** application. 
    34  
    35  ## References
    36  
    37  * [reposerver/repository/repository.go/GetAppSourceType](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/reposerver/repository/repository.go#L286)
    38  * [server/repository/repository.go/listAppTypes](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/server/repository/repository.go#L97)