Return from RunWithCancel if cmd is kapp

cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/app/release/release_cmd_runner.go

@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ func (r ReleaseCmdRunner) Run(cmd *goexec.Cmd) error {
 		r.ui.PrintHeaderText("Building images and resolving references")
 	}
 
-	if filepath.Base(cmd.Path) == "kapp" {
-		return nil
-	}
 	if filepath.Base(cmd.Path) == "kbld" {
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, fmt.Sprintf("--imgpkg-lock-output=%s", r.tempImgLockFilepath))
 	}
@@ -57,6 +54,10 @@ func (r ReleaseCmdRunner) Run(cmd *goexec.Cmd) error {
 }
 
 func (r ReleaseCmdRunner) RunWithCancel(cmd *goexec.Cmd, cancelCh chan struct{}) error {
+	if filepath.Base(cmd.Path) == "kapp" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if r.fullOutput {
 		cmd.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(r.log, cmd.Stdout)
 		cmd.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(r.log, cmd.Stderr)

cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/app/release/release_cmd_runner_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package release
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestReleaseCmdRunnerForKappCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	ReleaseCmdRunner := NewReleaseCmdRunner(&buf, false, "", false, nil)
+	cmd := exec.Command("kapp", "deploy", "-f", "-", "-a", "pkg-test", "-y")
+	err := ReleaseCmdRunner.RunWithCancel(cmd, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expectedLength := 0
+	if actualLength := buf.Len(); actualLength != expectedLength {
+		t.Errorf("Got Buffer length = %d, Expected empty", actualLength)
+	}
+}