What is an overlay in Kustomize?

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A.A kustomization that builds on a base and adds one environment's changes
B.A Helm values file that is layered on top of the chart's own default values
C.A Git branch that holds the manifests for one environment only
D.A namespace that receives a copy of every resource in the base

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Answer: A kustomization that builds on a base and adds one environment's changes

Explanation

A typical layout has a base with the shared manifests and overlays such as overlays/dev and overlays/prod. Each overlay lists the base under resources and adds patches, a namespace or image tags. The base knows nothing about its overlays.

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