kustomize
Customization of kubernetes YAML configurations
...It will be updated on a regular basis going forward, and such updates will be reflected in the Kubernetes release notes. In some directory containing your YAML resource files (deployments, services, configmaps, etc.), create a kustomization file. The resources in this directory could be a fork of someone else's configuration. If so, you can easily rebase from the source material to capture improvements, because you don't modify the resources directly.