This can help with proper git flow before changes when using Kops

kops_to_git.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "Getting all statestore safe configs from S3"

CLUSTERS=$(kops get cluster | grep -v NAME | awk '{print $1}')

for CLUSTER in $CLUSTERS; do
    if [ ! -d $CLUSTER ]; then
        mkdir $CLUSTER
    fi
    cd $CLUSTER
    kops get --name $CLUSTER -o yaml > $CLUSTER.yml
    cd ..
done

git add .
# whoami is not mandatory due to git config
git commit -m "`whoami` edited kops config"
git push

echo "After altering the files you can run kops replace -f ./[CLUSTER_NAME]/[CLUSTER_YAML] --name [CLUSTER_NAME] --force"
echo "Note that force will create the resource if not exists"
echo "And run kops update cluster --name [CLUSTER_NAME] --yes"