diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 96fde0e5..a09b3047 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -960,13 +960,17 @@ func withDAG(templated *state.HelmState, helm helmexec.Interface, logger *zap.Su
 		return false, []error{err}
 	}
 
-	return withBatches(templated, batches, helm, logger, converge)
+	return withBatches(opts.Purpose, templated, batches, helm, logger, converge)
 }
 
-func withBatches(templated *state.HelmState, batches [][]state.Release, helm helmexec.Interface, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, converge func(*state.HelmState, helmexec.Interface) (bool, []error)) (bool, []error) {
+func withBatches(purpose string, templated *state.HelmState, batches [][]state.Release, helm helmexec.Interface, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, converge func(*state.HelmState, helmexec.Interface) (bool, []error)) (bool, []error) {
 	numBatches := len(batches)
 
-	logger.Debugf("processing %d groups of releases in this order:\n%s", numBatches, printBatches(batches))
+	if purpose == "" {
+		purpose = "processing"
+	}
+
+	logger.Debugf("%s %d groups of releases in this order:\n%s", purpose, numBatches, printBatches(batches))
 
 	any := false
 
@@ -983,7 +987,7 @@ func withBatches(templated *state.HelmState, batches [][]state.Release, helm hel
 			releaseIds = append(releaseIds, state.ReleaseToID(&release))
 		}
 
-		logger.Debugf("processing releases in group %d/%d: %s", i+1, numBatches, strings.Join(releaseIds, ", "))
+		logger.Debugf("%s releases in group %d/%d: %s", purpose, i+1, numBatches, strings.Join(releaseIds, ", "))
 
 		batchSt := *templated
 		batchSt.Releases = targets
@@ -1360,32 +1364,33 @@ Do you really want to apply?
 	st.Releases = selectedAndNeededReleases
 
 	if !interactive || interactive && r.askForConfirmation(confMsg) {
+		if _, preapplyErrors := withDAG(st, helm, a.Logger, state.PlanOptions{Purpose: "invoking preapply hooks for", Reverse: true, SelectedReleases: toApplyWithNeeds, SkipNeeds: true}, a.WrapWithoutSelector(func(subst *state.HelmState, helm helmexec.Interface) []error {
+			for _, r := range subst.Releases {
+				release := r
+				if _, err := st.TriggerPreapplyEvent(&release, "apply"); err != nil {
+					return []error{err}
+				}
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		})); len(preapplyErrors) > 0 {
+			return true, false, preapplyErrors
+		}
+
 		r.helm.SetExtraArgs(argparser.GetArgs(c.Args(), r.state)...)
 
 		// We deleted releases by traversing the DAG in reverse order
 		if len(releasesToBeDeleted) > 0 {
 			_, deletionErrs := withDAG(st, helm, a.Logger, state.PlanOptions{Reverse: true, SelectedReleases: toDelete, SkipNeeds: true}, a.WrapWithoutSelector(func(subst *state.HelmState, helm helmexec.Interface) []error {
-				var (
-					rs             []state.ReleaseSpec
-					preapplyErrors []error
-				)
+				var rs []state.ReleaseSpec
 
 				for _, r := range subst.Releases {
 					release := r
 					if r2, ok := releasesToBeDeleted[state.ReleaseToID(&release)]; ok {
-						if _, err := st.TriggerPreapplyEvent(&r2, "apply"); err != nil {
-							preapplyErrors = append(applyErrs, err)
-							continue
-						}
-
 						rs = append(rs, r2)
 					}
 				}
 
-				if len(preapplyErrors) > 0 {
-					return preapplyErrors
-				}
-
 				subst.Releases = rs
 
 				return subst.DeleteReleasesForSync(&affectedReleases, helm, c.Concurrency())
@@ -1399,27 +1404,15 @@ Do you really want to apply?
 		// We upgrade releases by traversing the DAG
 		if len(releasesToBeUpdated) > 0 {
 			_, updateErrs := withDAG(st, helm, a.Logger, state.PlanOptions{SelectedReleases: toUpdate, Reverse: false, SkipNeeds: true, IncludeTransitiveNeeds: c.IncludeTransitiveNeeds()}, a.WrapWithoutSelector(func(subst *state.HelmState, helm helmexec.Interface) []error {
-				var (
-					rs             []state.ReleaseSpec
-					preapplyErrors []error
-				)
+				var rs []state.ReleaseSpec
 
 				for _, r := range subst.Releases {
 					release := r
 					if r2, ok := releasesToBeUpdated[state.ReleaseToID(&release)]; ok {
-						if _, err := st.TriggerPreapplyEvent(&r2, "apply"); err != nil {
-							preapplyErrors = append(applyErrs, err)
-							continue
-						}
-
 						rs = append(rs, r2)
 					}
 				}
 
-				if len(preapplyErrors) > 0 {
-					return preapplyErrors
-				}
-
 				subst.Releases = rs
 
 				syncOpts := &state.SyncOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_apply_hooks_test.go b/pkg/app/app_apply_hooks_test.go
index 3fff1f86..dd29e7d4 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_apply_hooks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_apply_hooks_test.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func TestApply_hooks(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected log:\nDIFF\n%s\nEOD", diff)
 			}
 		} else {
-			assertEqualsToSnapshot(t, "log", bs.String())
+			assertLogEqualsToSnapshot(t, bs.String())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_apply_nokubectx_test.go b/pkg/app/app_apply_nokubectx_test.go
index c4526d28..43d17ca2 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_apply_nokubectx_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_apply_nokubectx_test.go
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ func TestApply_3(t *testing.T) {
 			if exists {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected log:\nDIFF\n%s\nEOD", diff)
 			}
+		} else {
+			assertLogEqualsToSnapshot(t, bs.String())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -218,89 +220,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/external-secrets
-2     default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -350,85 +269,6 @@ releases:
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/external-secrets
-
-processing releases in group 1/1: default/external-secrets
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -485,93 +325,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 3 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-2     default/external-secrets
-3     default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/3: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/3: default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 3/3: default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME                          CHART           VERSION
-kubernetes-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-external-secrets              incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release                    incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -625,89 +378,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/external-secrets
-2     default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -764,101 +434,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) DELETED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-
-processing releases in group 1/1: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/external-secrets
-2     default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-
-DELETED RELEASES:
-NAME
-kubernetes-external-secrets
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -913,91 +488,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/external-secrets
-2     default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go b/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go
index b927f9f0..5e9f6e81 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_apply_test.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func TestApply_2(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected log:\nDIFF\n%s\nEOD", diff)
 			}
 		} else {
-			assertEqualsToSnapshot(t, "log", bs.String())
+			assertLogEqualsToSnapshot(t, bs.String())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -220,89 +220,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/default/external-secrets
-2     default/default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -352,85 +269,6 @@ releases:
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/default/external-secrets
-
-processing releases in group 1/1: default/default/external-secrets
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -487,93 +325,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 3 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-2     default/default/external-secrets
-3     default/default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/3: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/3: default/default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 3/3: default/default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME                          CHART           VERSION
-kubernetes-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-external-secrets              incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release                    incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -627,89 +378,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/default/external-secrets
-2     default/default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -766,101 +434,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) DELETED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-
-processing releases in group 1/1: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/default/external-secrets
-2     default/default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-
-DELETED RELEASES:
-NAME
-kubernetes-external-secrets
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -915,91 +488,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7:   installed: false
- 8: 
- 9: - name: external-secrets
-10:   chart: incubator/raw
-11:   namespace: default
-12:   labels:
-13:     app: test
-14:   needs:
-15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-16: 
-17: - name: my-release
-18:   chart: incubator/raw
-19:   namespace: default
-20:   labels:
-21:     app: test
-22:   needs:
-23:   - default/external-secrets
-24: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/default/external-secrets
-2     default/default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -1053,85 +541,6 @@ serviceC 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	chart-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: serviceA
- 5:   chart: my/chart
- 6:   needs:
- 7:   - serviceB
- 8: 
- 9: - name: serviceB
-10:   chart: my/chart
-11:   needs:
-12:   - serviceC
-13: 
-14: - name: serviceC
-15:   chart: my/chart
-16: 
-17: - name: serviceD
-18:   chart: my/chart
-19: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: serviceA
- 5:   chart: my/chart
- 6:   needs:
- 7:   - serviceB
- 8: 
- 9: - name: serviceB
-10:   chart: my/chart
-11:   needs:
-12:   - serviceC
-13: 
-14: - name: serviceC
-15:   chart: my/chart
-16: 
-17: - name: serviceD
-18:   chart: my/chart
-19: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-3 release(s) matching name=serviceA found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  serviceA (my/chart) UPDATED
-  serviceB (my/chart) UPDATED
-  serviceC (my/chart) UPDATED
-
-processing 3 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default//serviceC
-2     default//serviceB
-3     default//serviceA
-
-processing releases in group 1/3: default//serviceC
-processing releases in group 2/3: default//serviceB
-processing releases in group 3/3: default//serviceA
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME       CHART      VERSION
-serviceC   my/chart     3.1.0
-serviceB   my/chart     3.1.0
-serviceA   my/chart     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_test.go b/pkg/app/app_test.go
index 56257c15..2d867b7a 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_test.go
@@ -3011,72 +3011,6 @@ baz 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	mychart3-3.1.0	3.1.0      	defau
 			},
 			deleted:     []exectest.Release{},
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: releases:
- 2: - name: baz
- 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
- 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 5: - name: foo
- 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
- 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 8:   needs:
- 9:   - bar
-10: - name: bar
-11:   chart: stable/mychart2
-12:   disableValidation: true
-13: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: releases:
- 2: - name: baz
- 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
- 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 5: - name: foo
- 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
- 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 8:   needs:
- 9:   - bar
-10: - name: bar
-11:   chart: stable/mychart2
-12:   disableValidation: true
-13: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-3 release(s) found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
-  baz (stable/mychart3) UPDATED
-  foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default//baz, default//bar
-2     default//foo
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default//baz, default//bar
-processing releases in group 2/2: default//foo
-getting deployed release version failed: Failed to get the version for: mychart1
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME   CHART             VERSION
-baz    stable/mychart3     3.1.0
-bar    stable/mychart2     3.1.0
-foo    stable/mychart1          
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		},
 		//
 		// install with upgrade and --skip-diff-on-install
@@ -3121,72 +3055,6 @@ baz 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	mychart3-3.1.0	3.1.0      	defau
 			},
 			deleted:     []exectest.Release{},
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: releases:
- 2: - name: baz
- 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
- 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 5: - name: foo
- 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
- 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 8:   needs:
- 9:   - bar
-10: - name: bar
-11:   chart: stable/mychart2
-12:   disableValidation: true
-13: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: releases:
- 2: - name: baz
- 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
- 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 5: - name: foo
- 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
- 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
- 8:   needs:
- 9:   - bar
-10: - name: bar
-11:   chart: stable/mychart2
-12:   disableValidation: true
-13: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-3 release(s) found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
-  baz (stable/mychart3) UPDATED
-  foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default//baz, default//bar
-2     default//foo
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default//baz, default//bar
-processing releases in group 2/2: default//foo
-getting deployed release version failed: Failed to get the version for: mychart1
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME   CHART             VERSION
-baz    stable/mychart3     3.1.0
-bar    stable/mychart2     3.1.0
-foo    stable/mychart1          
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		},
 		//
 		// upgrades
@@ -3399,67 +3267,6 @@ bar 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	mychart2-3.1.0	3.1.0      	defau
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: releases:
- 2: - name: bar
- 3:   chart: stable/mychart2
- 4:   namespace: ns2
- 5:   tillerNamespace: tns2
- 6:   needs:
- 7:   - tns1/foo
- 8: - name: foo
- 9:   chart: stable/mychart1
-10:   namespace: ns1
-11:   tillerNamespace: tns1
-12: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: releases:
- 2: - name: bar
- 3:   chart: stable/mychart2
- 4:   namespace: ns2
- 5:   tillerNamespace: tns2
- 6:   needs:
- 7:   - tns1/foo
- 8: - name: foo
- 9:   chart: stable/mychart1
-10:   namespace: ns1
-11:   tillerNamespace: tns1
-12: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
-  foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/tns1/foo
-2     default/tns2/bar
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/tns1/foo
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/tns2/bar
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME   CHART             VERSION
-foo    stable/mychart1     3.1.0
-bar    stable/mychart2     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		},
 		//
 		// deletes: deleting all releases in the correct order
@@ -3724,89 +3531,6 @@ my-release 	4       	Fri Nov  1 08:40:07 2019	DEPLOYED	raw-3.1.0	3.1.0      	def
 			},
 			// as we check for log output, set concurrency to 1 to avoid non-deterministic test result
 			concurrency: 1,
-			log: `processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
-changing working directory to "/path/to"
-first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
-first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
-first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
-vals:
-map[]
-defaultVals:[]
-second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
- 0: 
- 1: 
- 2: 
- 3: releases:
- 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
- 5:   chart: incubator/raw
- 6:   namespace: kube-system
- 7: 
- 8: - name: external-secrets
- 9:   chart: incubator/raw
-10:   namespace: default
-11:   labels:
-12:     app: test
-13:   needs:
-14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
-15: 
-16: - name: my-release
-17:   chart: incubator/raw
-18:   namespace: default
-19:   labels:
-20:     app: test
-21:   needs:
-22:   - default/external-secrets
-23: 
-
-merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
-2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
-
-Affected releases are:
-  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
-
-processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
-GROUP RELEASES
-1     default/default/external-secrets
-2     default/default/my-release
-
-processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
-processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
-
-UPDATED RELEASES:
-NAME               CHART           VERSION
-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
-my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
-
-changing working directory back to "/path/to"
-`,
 		},
 		{
 			// see https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/issues/919#issuecomment-549831747
@@ -4353,7 +4077,7 @@ changing working directory back to "/path/to"
 					t.Errorf("unexpected log for data defined %s:\nDIFF\n%s\nEOD", tc.loc, diff)
 				}
 			} else {
-				assertEqualsToSnapshot(t, "log", bs.String())
+				assertLogEqualsToSnapshot(t, bs.String())
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/app/snapshot_test.go b/pkg/app/snapshot_test.go
index b109f74e..b36ea6e1 100644
--- a/pkg/app/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/snapshot_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 )
 
+func assertLogEqualsToSnapshot(t *testing.T, data string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	assertEqualsToSnapshot(t, "log", data)
+}
+
 func assertEqualsToSnapshot(t *testing.T, name string, data string) {
 	type thisPkgLocator struct{}
 
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log
index fb2a598c..b5920210 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) DELETED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//bar
+2     default//foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//bar
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//foo
 processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log
index 759c97c6..58646152 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) DELETED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//foo
+2     default//bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//bar
 processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log
index 6e283d18..a5c9aefc 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_bar_needs_foo/log
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) DELETED
   foo (stable/mychart1) DELETED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//bar
+2     default//foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//bar
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//foo
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log
index fc2d2d79..79fd557b 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_and_bar_when_foo_needs_bar/log
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) DELETED
   foo (stable/mychart1) DELETED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//foo
+2     default//bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//bar
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_bar_needs_foo/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_bar_needs_foo/log
index cd549569..44cf1b57 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_bar_needs_foo/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_bar_needs_foo/log
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) DELETED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//bar
+2     default//foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//bar
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//foo
 processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_foo_needs_bar/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_foo_needs_bar/log
index a5885a58..a03c04c3 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_foo_needs_bar/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/delete_foo_when_foo_needs_bar/log
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) DELETED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//foo
+2     default//bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//bar
 processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/helm2:_upgrade_when_tns2/bar_needs_tns1/foo/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/helm2:_upgrade_when_tns2/bar_needs_tns1/foo/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8009ba64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/helm2:_upgrade_when_tns2/bar_needs_tns1/foo/log
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: bar
+ 3:   chart: stable/mychart2
+ 4:   namespace: ns2
+ 5:   tillerNamespace: tns2
+ 6:   needs:
+ 7:   - tns1/foo
+ 8: - name: foo
+ 9:   chart: stable/mychart1
+10:   namespace: ns1
+11:   tillerNamespace: tns1
+12: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: bar
+ 3:   chart: stable/mychart2
+ 4:   namespace: ns2
+ 5:   tillerNamespace: tns2
+ 6:   needs:
+ 7:   - tns1/foo
+ 8: - name: foo
+ 9:   chart: stable/mychart1
+10:   namespace: ns1
+11:   tillerNamespace: tns1
+12: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
+  foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/tns2/bar
+2     default/tns1/foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/tns2/bar
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/tns1/foo
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/tns1/foo
+2     default/tns2/bar
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/tns1/foo
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/tns2/bar
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME   CHART             VERSION
+foo    stable/mychart1     3.1.0
+bar    stable/mychart2     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/helm2_upgrade_when_tns1/foo_needs_tns2/bar/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/helm2_upgrade_when_tns1/foo_needs_tns2/bar/log
index 22ae35df..e954f517 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/helm2_upgrade_when_tns1/foo_needs_tns2/bar/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/helm2_upgrade_when_tns1/foo_needs_tns2/bar/log
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/tns1/foo
+2     default/tns2/bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/tns1/foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/tns2/bar
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default/tns2/bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install-with-upgrade-with-skip-diff-on-install/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install-with-upgrade-with-skip-diff-on-install/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63c2b747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install-with-upgrade-with-skip-diff-on-install/log
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: baz
+ 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
+ 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 5: - name: foo
+ 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
+ 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 8:   needs:
+ 9:   - bar
+10: - name: bar
+11:   chart: stable/mychart2
+12:   disableValidation: true
+13: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: baz
+ 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
+ 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 5: - name: foo
+ 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
+ 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 8:   needs:
+ 9:   - bar
+10: - name: bar
+11:   chart: stable/mychart2
+12:   disableValidation: true
+13: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+3 release(s) found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
+  baz (stable/mychart3) UPDATED
+  foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//foo
+2     default//baz, default//bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//baz, default//bar
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//baz, default//bar
+2     default//foo
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default//baz, default//bar
+processing releases in group 2/2: default//foo
+getting deployed release version failed: Failed to get the version for: mychart1
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME   CHART             VERSION
+baz    stable/mychart3     3.1.0
+bar    stable/mychart2     3.1.0
+foo    stable/mychart1          
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install-with-upgrade-with-validation-control/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install-with-upgrade-with-validation-control/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63c2b747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install-with-upgrade-with-validation-control/log
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: baz
+ 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
+ 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 5: - name: foo
+ 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
+ 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 8:   needs:
+ 9:   - bar
+10: - name: bar
+11:   chart: stable/mychart2
+12:   disableValidation: true
+13: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: baz
+ 3:   chart: stable/mychart3
+ 4:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 5: - name: foo
+ 6:   chart: stable/mychart1
+ 7:   disableValidationOnInstall: true
+ 8:   needs:
+ 9:   - bar
+10: - name: bar
+11:   chart: stable/mychart2
+12:   disableValidation: true
+13: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+3 release(s) found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
+  baz (stable/mychart3) UPDATED
+  foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//foo
+2     default//baz, default//bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//baz, default//bar
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//baz, default//bar
+2     default//foo
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default//baz, default//bar
+processing releases in group 2/2: default//foo
+getting deployed release version failed: Failed to get the version for: mychart1
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME   CHART             VERSION
+baz    stable/mychart3     3.1.0
+bar    stable/mychart2     3.1.0
+foo    stable/mychart1          
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install/log
index c43ac830..431bbf69 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/install/log
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   baz (stable/mychart3) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//foo
+2     default//baz, default//bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//baz, default//bar
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//baz, default//bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/smoke/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/smoke/log
index 7a27d168..4f491886 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/smoke/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/smoke/log
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ Affected releases are:
   logging (charts/fluent-bit) UPDATED
   servicemesh (charts/istio) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 5 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//frontend-v1, default//frontend-v2, default//frontend-v3
+2     default//backend-v1, default//backend-v2
+3     default//anotherbackend
+4     default//database, default//servicemesh
+5     default//logging, default//front-proxy
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/5: default//frontend-v1, default//frontend-v2, default//frontend-v3
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/5: default//backend-v1, default//backend-v2
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/5: default//anotherbackend
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 4/5: default//database, default//servicemesh
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 5/5: default//logging, default//front-proxy
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//frontend-v1
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo,_with_ns_override/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo,_with_ns_override/log
index 341fcf6a..4c800ebf 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo,_with_ns_override/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo,_with_ns_override/log
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/testNamespace/bar
+2     default/testNamespace/foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/testNamespace/bar
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/testNamespace/foo
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default/testNamespace/foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo/log
index 151fefaa..b3a32c95 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_bar_needs_foo/log
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//bar
+2     default//foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//bar
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//foo
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar,_with_ns_override/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar,_with_ns_override/log
index eb1a7796..ef4a3f62 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar,_with_ns_override/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar,_with_ns_override/log
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/testNamespace/foo
+2     default/testNamespace/bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/testNamespace/foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/testNamespace/bar
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default/testNamespace/bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar/log
index e77cda0d..a8a99ba8 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_foo_needs_bar/log
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//foo
+2     default//bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default//foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default//bar
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default//bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns1/foo_needs_ns2/bar/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns1/foo_needs_ns2/bar/log
index cb2a3ea4..7e99abab 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns1/foo_needs_ns2/bar/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns1/foo_needs_ns2/bar/log
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/ns1/foo
+2     default/ns2/bar
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/ns1/foo
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/ns2/bar
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default/ns2/bar
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns2/bar_needs_ns1/foo/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns2/bar_needs_ns1/foo/log
index 721d8989..059c3d06 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns2/bar_needs_ns1/foo/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrade_when_ns2/bar_needs_ns1/foo/log
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Affected releases are:
   bar (stable/mychart2) UPDATED
   foo (stable/mychart1) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/ns2/bar
+2     default/ns1/foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/ns2/bar
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/ns1/foo
 processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default/ns1/foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrades_with_good_selector_with_--skip-needs=true/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrades_with_good_selector_with_--skip-needs=true/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ca93c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply/upgrades_with_good_selector_with_--skip-needs=true/log
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets
+2     default/default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/deduplicate_by_--selector/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/deduplicate_by_--selector/log
index 24ad3af8..1caa2793 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/deduplicate_by_--selector/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/deduplicate_by_--selector/log
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
 Affected releases are:
   foo (incubator/raw) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/1: default/default/foo
 processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default/default/foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/include-transitive-needs=true/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/include-transitive-needs=true/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e7bb8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/include-transitive-needs=true/log
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: serviceA
+ 5:   chart: my/chart
+ 6:   needs:
+ 7:   - serviceB
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: serviceB
+10:   chart: my/chart
+11:   needs:
+12:   - serviceC
+13: 
+14: - name: serviceC
+15:   chart: my/chart
+16: 
+17: - name: serviceD
+18:   chart: my/chart
+19: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: serviceA
+ 5:   chart: my/chart
+ 6:   needs:
+ 7:   - serviceB
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: serviceB
+10:   chart: my/chart
+11:   needs:
+12:   - serviceC
+13: 
+14: - name: serviceC
+15:   chart: my/chart
+16: 
+17: - name: serviceD
+18:   chart: my/chart
+19: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+3 release(s) matching name=serviceA found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  serviceA (my/chart) UPDATED
+  serviceB (my/chart) UPDATED
+  serviceC (my/chart) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//serviceA
+2     default//serviceB
+3     default//serviceC
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default//serviceA
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default//serviceB
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: default//serviceC
+processing 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default//serviceC
+2     default//serviceB
+3     default//serviceA
+
+processing releases in group 1/3: default//serviceC
+processing releases in group 2/3: default//serviceB
+processing releases in group 3/3: default//serviceA
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME       CHART      VERSION
+serviceC   my/chart     3.1.0
+serviceB   my/chart     3.1.0
+serviceA   my/chart     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/select_single_release_from_helmfile_with_two_duplicates/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/select_single_release_from_helmfile_with_two_duplicates/log
index 21dfd3f8..31ee4bbc 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/select_single_release_from_helmfile_with_two_duplicates/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/select_single_release_from_helmfile_with_two_duplicates/log
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
 Affected releases are:
   foo (incubator/raw) UPDATED
 
+invoking preapply hooks for 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/foo
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/1: default/default/foo
 processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
 GROUP RELEASES
 1     default/default/foo
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acb843a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true/log
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+3     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+3     default/default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/3: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/3: default/default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 3/3: default/default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME                          CHART           VERSION
+kubernetes-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+external-secrets              incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release                    incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_but_no_diff_on_needed_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_but_no_diff_on_needed_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9944d926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_but_no_diff_on_needed_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+3     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets
+2     default/default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_installed_but_disabled_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_installed_but_disabled_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a940be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_installed_but_disabled_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) DELETED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+3     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+processing releases in group 1/1: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets
+2     default/default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+
+DELETED RELEASES:
+NAME
+kubernetes-external-secrets
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_not_installed_and_disabled_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_not_installed_and_disabled_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..809c27b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_not_installed_and_disabled_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+3     default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: default/kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets
+2     default/default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ca93c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true/log
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets
+2     default/default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aef569a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_2/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/my-release
+2     default/default/external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/default/external-secrets
+processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets
+
+processing releases in group 1/1: default/default/external-secrets
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c4ec014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true/log
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/my-release
+2     default/external-secrets
+3     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+2     default/external-secrets
+3     default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/3: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/3: default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 3/3: default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME                          CHART           VERSION
+kubernetes-external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+external-secrets              incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release                    incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_but_no_diff_on_needed_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_but_no_diff_on_needed_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12f96fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_but_no_diff_on_needed_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/my-release
+2     default/external-secrets
+3     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/external-secrets
+2     default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_installed_but_disabled_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_installed_but_disabled_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98cfd27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_installed_but_disabled_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  kubernetes-external-secrets (incubator/raw) DELETED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/my-release
+2     default/external-secrets
+3     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+processing releases in group 1/1: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/external-secrets
+2     default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+
+DELETED RELEASES:
+NAME
+kubernetes-external-secrets
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_not_installed_and_disabled_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_not_installed_and_disabled_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c7a0433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=false_include-needs=true_with_not_installed_and_disabled_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7:   installed: false
+ 8: 
+ 9: - name: external-secrets
+10:   chart: incubator/raw
+11:   namespace: default
+12:   labels:
+13:     app: test
+14:   needs:
+15:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+16: 
+17: - name: my-release
+18:   chart: incubator/raw
+19:   namespace: default
+20:   labels:
+21:     app: test
+22:   needs:
+23:   - default/external-secrets
+24: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 3 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/my-release
+2     default/external-secrets
+3     kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/3: default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/3: default/external-secrets
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 3/3: kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/external-secrets
+2     default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=true/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=true/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1bb1187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=true/log
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+  my-release (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/my-release
+2     default/external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/external-secrets
+processing 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/external-secrets
+2     default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/2: default/external-secrets
+processing releases in group 2/2: default/my-release
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+my-release         incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97dc3aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_3/skip-needs=true_with_no_diff_on_a_release/log
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: 
+ 2: 
+ 3: releases:
+ 4: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 5:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 6:   namespace: kube-system
+ 7: 
+ 8: - name: external-secrets
+ 9:   chart: incubator/raw
+10:   namespace: default
+11:   labels:
+12:     app: test
+13:   needs:
+14:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+15: 
+16: - name: my-release
+17:   chart: incubator/raw
+18:   namespace: default
+19:   labels:
+20:     app: test
+21:   needs:
+22:   - default/external-secrets
+23: 
+
+merged environment: &{default map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+Affected releases are:
+  external-secrets (incubator/raw) UPDATED
+
+invoking preapply hooks for 2 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/my-release
+2     default/external-secrets
+
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 1/2: default/my-release
+invoking preapply hooks for releases in group 2/2: default/external-secrets
+processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/external-secrets
+
+processing releases in group 1/1: default/external-secrets
+
+UPDATED RELEASES:
+NAME               CHART           VERSION
+external-secrets   incubator/raw     3.1.0
+
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_not_run_on_alreadyd_uninstalled_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_not_run_on_alreadyd_uninstalled_release/log
index ac333ffe..75c88b6b 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_not_run_on_alreadyd_uninstalled_release/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_not_run_on_alreadyd_uninstalled_release/log
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ hook[prepare] logs |
 hook[preapply] logs | foo
 hook[preapply] logs | 
 
+hook[preapply] logs | bar
+hook[preapply] logs | 
+
 hook[presync] logs | foo
 hook[presync] logs | 
 
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_run_on_to-be-uninstalled_release/log b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_run_on_to-be-uninstalled_release/log
index c79da665..0f285254 100644
--- a/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_run_on_to-be-uninstalled_release/log
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/testapply_hooks/hooks_are_run_on_to-be-uninstalled_release/log
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 hook[prepare] logs | foo
 hook[prepare] logs | 
 
+hook[preapply] logs | foo
+hook[preapply] logs | 
+
 hook[preapply] logs | bar
 hook[preapply] logs | 
 
 hook[presync] logs | bar
 hook[presync] logs | 
 
-hook[preapply] logs | foo
-hook[preapply] logs | 
-
 hook[presync] logs | foo
 hook[presync] logs | 
 
diff --git a/pkg/state/state_run.go b/pkg/state/state_run.go
index 0500a1e7..3a89197f 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state_run.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state_run.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ func (st *HelmState) iterateOnReleases(helm helmexec.Interface, concurrency int,
 }
 
 type PlanOptions struct {
+	Purpose                string
 	Reverse                bool
 	IncludeNeeds           bool
 	IncludeTransitiveNeeds bool