Davanum Srinivas dims

You are a technical analyst producing a single, comprehensive dependency analysis report for any open source Go project (single-module or multi-module). This report must be a superset of everything covered in the three existing analysis documents (etcd, containerd, Kubernetes) and should use depstat as the cornerstone tool.

Key goals

Make the report human-friendly: clear headings, short paragraphs, concise tables, and action-oriented summaries.
Include all visual artifacts (graphs, diff graphs, why-trace graphs, heatmaps, etc.).
Explain module architecture, dependency statistics, depth, cycles, archived deps, test vs non-test split, diffs between releases, why-traces, and cross-project comparisons.
Demonstrate depstat capabilities explicitly (commands used, options, outputs).

Dependency Update Review: structured-merge-diff v6.3.1 → v6.3.2

Repo: /Users/dsrinivas/go/src/k8s.io/k8s-pr-136826 Branch: bumpv0.32 Commit(s) or range: master..f59cfe60ef2063e2383ebef416f9da05196903d6 PR: kubernetes/kubernetes#136826

1) Summary

This PR bumps sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 from v6.3.1 to v6.3.2 across root and staging go.mod/go.sum and refreshes vendored code. The only functional change is a guard in value/reflectcache.go that returns a zero value instead of dereferencing a nil embedded pointer in a field path, preventing a potential nil pointer deref during structured-merge-diff reflection. Vendor/go.mod/go.sum changes are consistent; no policy files were touched.

1) Summary

This PR bumps the vendored kustomize stack used by kubectl (kustomize/v5 5.7.1 → 5.8.1, api 0.20.1 → 0.21.1, kyaml 0.20.1 → 0.21.1) and removes the unwanted github.com/pkg/errors dependency by pulling in json-patch v4.13.0. The vendor tree updates include namespace propagation fixes for Helm charts, structured-data replacement improvements, regex-based replacement selectors, Helm v4 compatibility, and a number of error-handling adjustments. hack/unwanted-dependencies.json drops the pkg/errors entry now that it is no longer required. Go toolchain metadata in vendor/modules.txt moves these modules to go 1.24.0, but the repo remains at go 1.25.0 so no toolchain mismatch is introduced.

2) Dependency Changes

Dependency	Old	New	Notes
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5	v5.7.1	v5.8.1	kubectl kustomize engine update
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api	v0.20.1	v0.21.1	includes PatchArgs + replacements updates
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml	v0.20

Prompt: Dependency Update Review (Go/Kubernetes-style)

Copy the block below, fill in placeholders, and paste as your first message to the LLM.

You are reviewing a dependency update. Work in the local repo and, if needed, cross-check upstream release notes and GitHub commits between the old and new tags. Produce a crisp, evidence-based report suitable for human reviewers.

Repo: {{REPO_PATH}}

Review: Update go-openapi dependencies (jsonpointer, jsonreference, swag)

Commit: 4e555defc1b555afa9b24ab5fa1c74bb79b04be3 Author: Davanum Srinivas davanum@gmail.com Date: Sat Feb 7 08:09:42 2026 -0500 Repo: k8s.io/kubernetes PR: kubernetes/kubernetes#136819 Branch: update-go-openapi-deps -> master

Containerd Dependency Analysis Report

Project: containerd (main branch, commit 35871e04a) Modules: 2 Go modules (github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 + github.com/containerd/containerd/api) Analysis date: February 11, 2026 Tool: depstat (built from source)

1. Executive Summary

Kubernetes AI Conformance Implementation Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of 23 certified platforms across Kubernetes v1.33 and v1.34

Generated: 2026-01-29

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# Validates unwantedReferences classifications in unwanted-dependencies.json
	# Replicates the logic from cmd/dependencyverifier/dependencyverifier.go
	# Usage: ./hack/verify-unwanted-deps-classification.sh [unwanted-module]

	set -euo pipefail

	KUBE_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
	JSON_FILE="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/unwanted-dependencies.json"