OCI Is Not Git: Rethinking the GitOps Source of Truth for a Kubernetes-Native… M. Crenshaw & R. Lieb

This KubeCon talk explores the tension between Git and OCI as the source of truth in GitOps workflows, examining how industry is moving toward OCI artifacts for Kubernetes config delivery while losing Git's version control benefits. The speakers introduce Kokumi, an experimental tool that integrates Helm and Kustomize with OCI registries and Argo CD for per-environment configuration management in an OCI-first world.