From bf92978f7e9539ea61c661e9988b4ab19daf11c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tamal Saha <tamal@appscode.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 01:08:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Detect actual patching

Signed-off-by: Tamal Saha <tamal@appscode.com>
---
 client/client.go | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index e24b7b4c3..5f1dff66b 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -115,8 +115,13 @@ func CreateOrPatch(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, obj client.Object, tran
 		return kutil.VerbUnchanged, err
 	}
 
-	assign(obj, mod)
-	return kutil.VerbPatched, nil
+	vt := kutil.VerbUnchanged
+	if obj.GetGeneration() != mod.GetGeneration() {
+		vt = kutil.VerbPatched
+	} else {
+		assign(obj, mod)
+	}
+	return vt, nil
 }
 
 func assign(target, src any) {