subdirectory as a Cobra command with the following subcommands:

- [manifest](../operator/cmd/mesh/manifest.go): the manifest subcommand is used to generate, install, diff or migrate Istio manifests, it has the following subcommands:
    - [install](../operator/cmd/mesh/install.go): the install subcommand is used to generate an Istio install manifest and apply it to a cluster.

    - [Garbage Collector](#garbage-collector)
    - [kubeadm](#kubeadm-2)
    - [kubectl](#kubectl-1)
      - [New Commands](#new-commands)
      - [Create subcommands](#create-subcommands)
      - [Updates to existing commands](#updates-to-existing-commands)
      - [Updates to apply](#updates-to-apply)
      - [Updates to edit](#updates-to-edit)
      - [Bug fixes](#bug-fixes)

  that provide new subcommands. Refer to the documentation for more information.

- `kubectl rollout` and `rollback` now support StatefulSet.

- `kubectl scale` now uses the Scale subresource for kinds in the apps/v1beta2 group.

- `kubectl create configmap` and `kubectl create secret` subcommands now support

- The  command line option  --cri-socket-path of the kubeadm subcommand "kubeadm config images pull" has been renamed to --cri-socket to be consistent with the rest of kubeadm subcommands.

- `kubectl run` has removed the previously deprecated generators, along with flags unrelated to creating pods. `kubectl run` now only creates pods. See specific `kubectl create` subcommands to create objects other than pods. 
([#87077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87077), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG Architecture, CLI and Testing]

- Correct a reference to a not/no longer used kustomize subcommand in the documentation ([#82535](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82535), [@demobox](https://github.com/demobox))

- Changed `kubectl help` to display basic details for subcommands from plugins. ([#116752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116752), [@xvzf](https://github.com/xvzf))

Updated Plugin Mechanism for kubectl is Graduating to Stable ([#579](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/579))

- Extends functionality to kubectl to support extensions adding new commands as well as overriding specific subcommands (at any depth).
- Documentation fixes
kubernetes/enhancements: [#579](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/579) [[kep](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cli/0024-kubectl-plugins.md#summary)]

  * New commands

    * Add `kubectl config rename-context` ([#46114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46114), [@arthur0](https://github.com/arthur0))

    * Add `kubectl apply edit-last-applied` subcommand ([#42256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42256), [@shiywang](https://github.com/shiywang))

  * Strategic Merge Patch

- Kubeadm: allow RSA and ECDSA format keys in preflight check ([#112508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112508), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]
- Kubeadm: when a subcommand is needed but not provided for a kubeadm command, print a help screen instead of showing a short message. ([#111277](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111277), [@chymy](https://github.com/chymy)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]