🌱 Utilize tilt-provider.yaml and Tilt deploy approach from the Cluster API

Author: dmvolod

Tiltfile

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+resources:
+  - ../default
+
+labels:
+  - includeSelectors: false
+    pairs:
+      cluster.x-k8s.io/provider: capi-operator

config/tilt/kustomization.yaml

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 # Local Development
 Tilt is favoured by most Cluster API projects for local development, it offers a simple way of creating a local development environment.
+Cluster API includes its own Tiltfile that can be used to run Cluster API Operator on a local Kind cluster.
+
+## Clone the Cluster API repository
+
+Clone the Cluster API repository in the same directory as the Cluster API Operator:
 
-## Create a kind cluster
-We'll need to create a kind cluster to deploy the operator to. This cluster will be used to deploy `cluster-api-operator` to, along with all dependencies such as `cert-manager`
 ```bash
-kind create cluster
+git clone https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api.git
+```
+
+Afterward, your folder structure should look like as follows:
+
+```
+some-folder/
+├── cluster-api
+└── cluster-api-operator
+```
+
+## Set up Tilt settings in `cluster-api` folder
+
+Refer to [this guide](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/developer/core/tilt.html) to set up Tilt for Cluster API.
+
+For our use case, you only need to configure `tilt-settings.yaml` in the `cluster-api` directory to enable the Cluster API Operator. Add the following fields to the corresponding lists in `tilt-settings.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+provider_repos:
+- "../cluster-api-operator"
+enable_providers:
+- capi-operator
+enable_core_provider: false
 ```
 
 ## Run Tilt
-Once the cluster is live, and you've confirmed you're using the correct context, you can simply run:
+
+From `cluster-api` folder run:
+
 ```bash
-tilt up
+make tilt-up
 ```
 
-That's it! Tilt will automatically reload the deployment to your local cluster every time you make a code change.
+That's it! Tilt will automatically reload the deployment in your local cluster whenever you make code changes, allowing you to debug the deployed code in real time.

docs/local-development.md

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+name: capi-operator
+config:
+  image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-capi-operator/cluster-api-operator
+  live_reload_deps:
+    - cmd
+    - go.mod
+    - go.sum
+    - api
+    - internal
+    - util
+  label: CAPIO
+  kustomize_folder: config/tilt
+  go_main: cmd/main.go
+  manager_name: capi-operator-controller-manager