latest and greatest symlink

kaniko/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.7.0-debug AS kaniko-src
 
-# Issue with kaniko which cannot copy files called kaniko:
+# kaniko cannot place files under /kaniko, therefore we move 
+# the kaniko folder to /kaniko-dist
 # https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/issues/960#issuecomment-573160390
 RUN cp -r /kaniko /kaniko-dist
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ ENV HOME /root
 ENV USER root
 
 # See https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/master/deploy/Dockerfile#L65-L70
+# Modified to use /kaniko-dist however, due to the limitation above
 COPY --from=kaniko-src /kaniko-dist/ /kaniko-dist/
 COPY --from=kaniko-src /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf
 
@@ -20,10 +22,9 @@ ENV SSL_CERT_DIR=/kaniko-dist/ssl/certs
 ENV DOCKER_CONFIG /kaniko-dist/.docker/
 ENV DOCKER_CREDENTIAL_GCR_CONFIG /kaniko-dist/.config/gcloud/docker_credential_gcr_config.json
 
-## add symlinks for kaniko
+## add aliases for kaniko-executor and kaniko-warmer for better convenience
 RUN ln -s /kaniko-dist/executor /kaniko-dist/kaniko-executor && \
-    ln -s /kaniko-dist/warmer /kaniko-dist/kaniko-warmer && \
-    ln -s /kaniko-dist /kaniko
+    ln -s /kaniko-dist/warmer /kaniko-dist/kaniko-warmer
 
 # Adding crane to the image
 COPY --from=crane  /ko-app/crane /usr/local/bin/crane

kaniko/entry_point.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Force a symlink to circumvent:
+# https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/issues/960#issuecomment-573160390
+ln -sf /kaniko /kaniko-dist
+
 if [ -z "$BUILD_IMAGE_NO_MESSAGE" ]; then
     echo "You are using a GitLab CI build-image with kaniko and crane"
     echo "You can suppress this message by setting BUILD_IMAGE_NO_MESSAGE"
 
-    kaniko-executor version
+    /kaniko/executor version
     echo "Crane version: $(crane version)"
 fi