cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&args.OutFilename, "output", "o", "", "Manifest output directory path.")
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&args.Set, "set", "s", nil, setFlagHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&args.Force, "force", false, ForceFlagHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&args.ManifestsPath, "charts", "", "", ChartsDeprecatedStr)

			"When localhost is supplied, istioctl will try to bind on both 127.0.0.1 and ::1 "+
			"and will fail if neither of these address are available to bind.")
	dashboardCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&browser, "browser", true,
		"When --browser is supplied as false, istioctl dashboard will not open the browser. "+
			"Default is true which means istioctl dashboard will always open a browser to view the dashboard.")

			}
		}),
		ValidArgsFunction: completion.ValidPodsNameArgs(ctx),
	}

	common.attach(cmd)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&address, "address", "", "Filter workloads by address field")
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&verboseProxyConfig, "verbose", true, "Output more information")
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&workloadsNamespace, "workload-namespace", "",
		"Filter workloads by namespace field")

type RootArgs struct {
	// DryRun performs all steps except actually applying the manifests or creating output dirs/files.
	DryRun bool
}

func addFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, rootArgs *RootArgs) {
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&rootArgs.DryRun, "dry-run", "",
		false, "Console/log output only, make no changes.")
}

// GetRootCmd returns the root of the cobra command-tree.
func GetRootCmd(ctx cli.Context, args []string) *cobra.Command {

	configureCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&ingressIP, "ingressIP", "", "IP address of the ingress gateway")
	configureCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&autoRegister, "autoregister", false, "Creates a WorkloadEntry upon connection to istiod (if enabled in pilot).")
	configureCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&dnsCapture, "capture-dns", true, "Enables the capture of outgoing DNS packets on port 53, redirecting to istio-agent")

See %s for more information about causes and resolutions.`, url.ConfigAnalysis)
					return errors.New(e)
				}
			}
			return nil
		},
	}
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&skipControlPlane, "skip-controlplane", false, "skip checking the control plane")
	cmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&outputThreshold, "output-threshold",

			constants.DefaultServiceAccountName+"\" if --type is \"remote\", \""+
			constants.DefaultConfigServiceAccountName+"\" if --type is \"config\".")
	flagset.BoolVar(&o.CreateServiceAccount, "create-service-account", true,
		"If true, the service account needed for creating the remote secret will be created "+
			"if it doesn't exist.")
	flagset.StringVar(&o.ClusterName, "name", "",

	purge bool
}

func addOperatorRemoveFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, oiArgs *operatorRemoveArgs) {
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&oiArgs.skipConfirmation, "skip-confirmation", "y", false, skipConfirmationFlagHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&oiArgs.force, "force", false, ForceFlagHelpStr)

		"Maximum time to wait for Istio resources in each component to be ready.")
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&args.SkipConfirmation, "skip-confirmation", "y", false, skipConfirmationFlagHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&args.Force, "force", false, ForceFlagHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&args.Verify, "verify", false, VerifyCRInstallHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&args.Set, "set", "s", nil, setFlagHelpStr)

		},
	}

	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&overwrite, "overwrite", false, overrideHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&manifestsPath, "manifests", "d", "", util.ManifestsFlagHelpStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&skipConfirmation, "skip-confirmation", "y", false, skipConfirmationFlagHelpStr)