devops: add ci/cd configuration for generating and pushing kubernetes helm charts to a local repository.

jobs/helm-chart-generate-and-push-to-local-repository.gitlab-ci.yml

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+Generate and Push Kubernetes Manifests:
+  stage: deploy
+  before_script:
+    - |
+      if test ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME} = "main"; then
+        export ENVIRONMENT="prd";
+      elif test ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME} = "staging"; then
+        export ENVIRONMENT="stg";
+      else
+        export ENVIRONMENT="dev";
+      fi
+  script:
+    - helm dependency update ${HELM_CHART_PATH}
+    - rm -rf .k8s/${ENVIRONMENT}/manifests
+    - mkdir -p .k8s/${ENVIRONMENT}/manifests
+    - |
+      helm template \
+        ${HELM_CHART_NAME} \
+        ${HELM_CHART_PATH} \
+        --output-dir /tmp/manifests
+    - mv /tmp/manifests/${HELM_CHART_NAME}/templates/*.yaml .k8s/${ENVIRONMENT}/manifests/
+    - rm -rf /tmp/manifests/${HELM_CHART_NAME}
+