Create a Namespace resource as part of the static manifest bundle

contrib/charts/cert-manager/templates/00-namespace.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{{ if .Values.createNamespaceResource }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Namespace | quote }}
+{{- end }}

contrib/charts/cert-manager/values.yaml

@@ -55,3 +55,8 @@ ingressShim:
     # tag: v0.2.3
 
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+# This is used by the static manifest generator in order to create a static
+# namespace manifest for the namespace that cert-manager is being installed
+# within. It should **not** be used if you are using Helm for deployment.
+createNamespaceResource: false

docs/deploy/rbac/00-namespace.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+##---
+# Source: cert-manager/templates/00-namespace.yaml
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: "cert-manager"

docs/deploy/without-rbac/00-namespace.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+##---
+# Source: cert-manager/templates/00-namespace.yaml
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: "cert-manager"

hack/update-deploy-gen.sh

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ gen() {
 		--namespace "cert-manager" \
 		--name "cert-manager" \
 		--set "fullnameOverride=cert-manager" \
+		--set "createNamespaceResource=true" \
 		--output-dir "${TMP_OUTPUT}"
 	mv "${TMP_OUTPUT}"/cert-manager/templates/*.* "${OUTPUT_DIR}/"
 }