Always install chart-releaser first

cr.sh

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ main() {
   local mark_as_latest=true
   local packages_with_index=false
   local pages_branch=
+  local latest_tag=""
 
   parse_command_line "$@"
 
@@ -66,14 +67,25 @@ main() {
   repo_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
   pushd "$repo_root" >/dev/null
 
+  install_chart_releaser
+
   if [[ -z "$skip_packaging" ]]; then
     if [[ "$skip_release" = true ]]; then
-      # Package charts without creating releases
+      rm -rf .cr-release-packages
+      mkdir -p .cr-release-packages
+
+      rm -rf .cr-index
+      mkdir -p .cr-index
+
       for chart in "$charts_dir"/*; do
         if [[ -d "$chart" ]]; then
           package_chart "$chart"
         fi
       done
+
+      # Get the version from the packaged chart for output
+      latest_tag=$(ls .cr-release-packages/*.tgz | head -n1 | sed 's/.*\/\(.*\)\.tgz/\1/')
+
       update_index
     else
       echo 'Looking up latest tag...'
@@ -85,8 +97,6 @@ main() {
       readarray -t changed_charts <<<"$(lookup_changed_charts "$latest_tag")"
 
       if [[ -n "${changed_charts[*]}" ]]; then
-        install_chart_releaser
-
         rm -rf .cr-release-packages
         mkdir -p .cr-release-packages
 
@@ -370,6 +380,18 @@ update_index() {
     args+=(--pages-branch "$pages_branch")
   fi
 
+  if [[ "$skip_release" = true ]]; then
+    args+=(--push --packages-with-index)
+
+    # Use helm to generate/update index directly instead of cr index
+    if [ -f "index.yaml" ]; then
+      helm repo index . --url "https://$owner.github.io/$repo" --merge index.yaml
+    else
+      helm repo index . --url "https://$owner.github.io/$repo"
+    fi
+    return
+  fi
+
   echo 'Updating charts repo index...'
   cr index "${args[@]}"
 }