Windows support

[dkirrane]

Would love to see Windows executables similar to kubectl and helm.
kubectx.exe and kubens.exe

[ahmetb]

@dkirrane it's written in bash, I have no immediate plans to rewrite. It's probably possible to write these in powershell, but I’m not a big fan of maintaining two implementations (also not a big fan of converting this to a Go or a Python program which requires installing extra stuff).

If you consider using "Git Bash" (Cygwin) shell or even better, the so-called Ubuntu on Windows which brings the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and therefore native bash support, kubectx/kubens should work.

[thomasliddledba]

I don't know if this is useful but I created a Windows version of kubectx. I love this tool and I do alot of k8s administrator using my Powershell and Commandline prompts. Kubectx is an awesome tool!
https://github.com/thomasliddledba/kubectx

[ahmetb]

@thomasliddledba Please do not use the same name. You are creating confusion.

[thomasliddledba]

That's absolutely fair Sorry about that. Would you mind if something like kubectxwin? I want to make sure I'm not stepping on your toes at all.

[ahmetb]

kubectxwin or -windows sounds fine.

[thomasliddledba]

Awesome - I will do that. Thank you so much. This is a great idea/tool.
New repo = https://github.com/thomasliddledba/kubectxwin

[dkirrane]

@ahmetb tried script in GitBash but hitting this:

$ kubectx
character set not supported
error: you did not choose any of the options

[ahmetb]

@dkirrane can you run with DEBUG=1 kubectx ?
also please open a separate issue.

[dkirrane]

Done #88

[passionatedevops]

FYI: Tried kubectxwin in windows server 2016, it worked . Thanks