Currently Bonfire tries to guess the IMAGE_TAG if not provided as part of the parameters when processing the template.

https://github.com/RedHatInsights/bonfire/blob/cfd31f5e04f91e19685d8488d0b98562a7d934b8/bonfire/processor.py#L634-L636

this doesn't really work on Konflux, where full git SHA is used for labels.

currently, users wanting to deploy manually Konflux images need to manually provide the IMAGE_TAG of the components that use Konflux - and set it to be the full commit sha

This however, can be problematic in the transition period (where some images use the shorter version of the git commit SHA, and some others use the long one), and fully activating one or the other can break either way

I'd suggest an implementation that would enable an experimental feature that changes the behavior based on the image repository being use (and switch automatically to long git SHA if "konflux string" is found - for example, the repo being "redhat-services" is a "good enough hint" to use the long version.

I think it's worth trying, if only to simplify local development experience as this is already solved in the Tekton Konflux pipelines by providing a manual override.

See Slack thread for more context: https://redhat-internal.slack.com/archives/C04RP7SE1ST/p1723626533583839?thread_ts=1723460076.363069&cid=C04RP7SE1ST