Implement Task 4.2: Generator command with YAML output

Core Features:
- Added `generate --env <env>` command that outputs values.yaml to stdout
- Validates configuration before generation (fails if validation errors)
- Merges schema defaults with environment-specific values
- Resolves secrets from environment variables
- Builds nested YAML structure using dot-path notation

Implementation Details:
- helm_values_manager/generator.py: Core generation logic with secret resolution
- helm_values_manager/commands/generate.py: CLI command implementation
- Added PyYAML dependency for YAML output generation
- Error output goes to stderr, YAML output to stdout for piping

Validation Improvements:
- Updated validate command to use new validate_single_environment function
- Added schema integrity checks (duplicate keys/paths detection)
- Fixed Rich console bracket escaping for environment names in errors
- Proper error handling for JSON decode errors and missing files

Testing:
- Comprehensive test suite covering all generation scenarios
- Tests for validation integration, secret resolution, and error handling
- Complex real-world example with multiple value types and secrets
- All 84 tests passing with 77% coverage

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: ritwik-g

helm_values_manager/cli.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from helm_values_manager import __version__
 from helm_values_manager.commands.init import init_command
-from helm_values_manager.commands import schema, values, validate
+from helm_values_manager.commands import schema, values, validate, generate
 
 app = typer.Typer(
     name="helm-values-manager",
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def main(
 app.add_typer(schema.app, name="schema", help="Manage schema values")
 app.add_typer(values.app, name="values", help="Manage environment values")
 app.command("validate")(validate.validate_command)
+app.command("generate")(generate.generate_command)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

helm_values_manager/commands/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Commands module for helm-values-manager."""

helm_values_manager/commands/generate.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""Generate command implementation."""
+import sys
+from typing import Optional
+
+import typer
+from rich.console import Console
+
+from helm_values_manager.generator import GeneratorError, generate_values
+from helm_values_manager.utils import get_values_file_path, load_schema, load_values
+from helm_values_manager.validator import validate_single_environment
+
+console = Console()
+err_console = Console(stderr=True)
+app = typer.Typer()
+
+
+@app.command()
+def generate_command(
+    env: str = typer.Option(..., "--env", "-e", help="Environment to generate values for"),
+    schema: str = typer.Option("schema.json", "--schema", "-s", help="Path to schema file"),
+    values: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--values", help="Path to values file (default: values-{env}.json)"),
+):
+    """Generate values.yaml for a specific environment."""
+    # Load schema
+    schema_obj = load_schema(schema)
+    if not schema_obj:
+        err_console.print("[red]Error:[/red] Schema file not found")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    
+    # Determine values file path
+    values_path = values or get_values_file_path(env)
+    
+    # Load values
+    values_data = load_values(env, values)
+    
+    # Run validation first
+    errors = validate_single_environment(schema_obj, values_data, env)
+    
+    if errors:
+        err_console.print("[red]Error:[/red] Validation failed. Please fix the following issues:")
+        for error in errors:
+            err_console.print(f"  - {error}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    
+    # Generate values.yaml
+    try:
+        yaml_content = generate_values(schema_obj, values_data, env)
+        # Output to stdout
+        print(yaml_content, end='')
+    except GeneratorError as e:
+        err_console.print(f"[red]Error:[/red] {e}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        err_console.print(f"[red]Error:[/red] Failed to generate values: {e}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)

helm_values_manager/commands/validate.py

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 """Validate command for helm-values-manager."""
+import json
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
 import typer
-
 from rich.console import Console
 
+from helm_values_manager.models import Schema
+from helm_values_manager.utils import load_schema, load_values, get_values_file_path
+from helm_values_manager.validator import validate_single_environment
+
 console = Console()
 
 
@@ -24,13 +28,36 @@ def validate_command(
     ),
 ):
     """Validate schema and values file for a specific environment."""
-    # Import here to avoid circular imports
-    from helm_values_manager.validator import validate_single_environment
-    
+    # Check if schema file exists first
     schema_path = Path(schema)
+    if not schema_path.exists():
+        console.print("[red]Error:[/red] Schema file not found")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    
+    # Load schema
+    try:
+        with open(schema_path) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+        schema_obj = Schema(**data)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        console.print("[red]Error:[/red] Invalid JSON in schema file")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        console.print(f"[red]Error:[/red] Invalid schema: {e}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    
+    # Load values
+    values_data = load_values(env, values)
 
-    # Run validation for single environment
-    success = validate_single_environment(schema_path, env, values)
+    # Run validation
+    errors = validate_single_environment(schema_obj, values_data, env)
 
-    if not success:
-        raise typer.Exit(code=1)
+    if errors:
+        console.print("[red]Error:[/red] Validation failed:")
+        for error in errors:
+            # Escape square brackets for Rich
+            escaped_error = error.replace("[", "\\[").replace("]", "]")
+            console.print(f"  - {escaped_error}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    else:
+        console.print(f"[green]✅[/green] Validation passed for environment: {env}")

helm_values_manager/generator.py

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+"""Generator module for creating values.yaml from schema and values."""
+import os
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
+import yaml
+
+from helm_values_manager.models import Schema, SchemaValue, SecretReference
+from helm_values_manager.utils import is_secret_reference
+
+
+class GeneratorError(Exception):
+    """Base exception for generator errors."""
+    pass
+
+
+def resolve_secret(secret: Dict[str, Any], key: str) -> str:
+    """Resolve a secret reference to its actual value.
+    
+    Args:
+        secret: Secret reference with type and name
+        key: The key name (for error messages)
+        
+    Returns:
+        The resolved secret value
+        
+    Raises:
+        GeneratorError: If secret cannot be resolved
+    """
+    if secret.get("type") != "env":
+        raise GeneratorError(f"Unsupported secret type '{secret.get('type')}' for key '{key}'")
+    
+    env_var = secret.get("name")
+    if not env_var:
+        raise GeneratorError(f"Missing environment variable name for secret '{key}'")
+    
+    value = os.environ.get(env_var)
+    if value is None:
+        raise GeneratorError(f"Environment variable '{env_var}' not found for secret '{key}'")
+    
+    return value
+
+
+def build_nested_dict(flat_values: Dict[str, Any], schema: Schema) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build a nested dictionary from flat values using schema paths.
+    
+    Args:
+        flat_values: Flat dictionary with keys and values
+        schema: Schema containing path information
+        
+    Returns:
+        Nested dictionary following YAML structure
+    """
+    result = {}
+    
+    # Create a mapping of keys to schema values for easy lookup
+    key_to_schema = {sv.key: sv for sv in schema.values}
+    
+    for key, value in flat_values.items():
+        schema_value = key_to_schema.get(key)
+        if not schema_value:
+            # Skip unknown keys (validation should catch this)
+            continue
+        
+        # Split the path into parts
+        path_parts = schema_value.path.split('.')
+        
+        # Navigate/create the nested structure
+        current = result
+        for i, part in enumerate(path_parts[:-1]):
+            if part not in current:
+                current[part] = {}
+            elif not isinstance(current[part], dict):
+                # Path conflict - this shouldn't happen with valid schema
+                raise GeneratorError(f"Path conflict at '{'.'.join(path_parts[:i+1])}' for key '{key}'")
+            current = current[part]
+        
+        # Set the final value
+        final_key = path_parts[-1]
+        current[final_key] = value
+    
+    return result
+
+
+def generate_values(schema: Schema, values: Dict[str, Any], env: str) -> str:
+    """Generate values.yaml content from schema and environment values.
+    
+    Args:
+        schema: The schema definition
+        values: The environment-specific values
+        env: Environment name (for error messages)
+        
+    Returns:
+        YAML content as string
+        
+    Raises:
+        GeneratorError: If generation fails
+    """
+    # Start with defaults from schema
+    merged_values = {}
+    
+    for schema_value in schema.values:
+        if schema_value.default is not None:
+            merged_values[schema_value.key] = schema_value.default
+    
+    # Override with environment values and resolve secrets
+    for key, value in values.items():
+        if is_secret_reference(value):
+            try:
+                merged_values[key] = resolve_secret(value, key)
+            except GeneratorError as e:
+                raise GeneratorError(f"[{env}] {e}")
+        else:
+            merged_values[key] = value
+    
+    # Build nested structure
+    nested_values = build_nested_dict(merged_values, schema)
+    
+    # Convert to YAML
+    yaml_content = yaml.dump(
+        nested_values,
+        default_flow_style=False,
+        allow_unicode=True,
+        sort_keys=False,
+        width=1000  # Avoid line wrapping for long strings
+    )
+    
+    return yaml_content

helm_values_manager/utils.py

@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@ def load_schema(schema_path: str = "schema.json") -> Optional[Schema]:
     if not path.exists():
         return None
 
-    with open(path) as f:
-        data = json.load(f)
-    
-    return Schema(**data)
+    try:
+        with open(path) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+        return Schema(**data)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        # Return None to indicate file exists but is invalid
+        # The caller should handle this appropriately
+        return None
+    except Exception:
+        # For any other error (validation, etc.)
+        return None
 
 
 def save_schema(schema: Schema, schema_path: str = "schema.json") -> None: