move ref to ref_name when doing release automation

Merge pull request #1173 from kuberhealthy/cleanup

Release 2.8.0

Merge pull request #1050 from Hungrylion2019/deployment-checker

add service.go 'return' when service is nil

Merge pull request #995 from kuberhealthy/crd-gen-fix

Crd gen fix

Merge pull request #982 from kuberhealthy/flat-file-auto-regen

Flat Kubernetes Spec Regeneration

Merge pull request #955 from kuberhealthy/reaper-bug

Address reaper and conifg reloader bug

Merge pull request #887 from Comcast/flat-file-auto-regen

Flat Spec File Regeneration

Merge pull request #821 from Comcast/flat-file-auto-regen

Flat Spec File Regeneration

Merge pull request #788 from Comcast/flat-file-auto-regen

Flat Spec File Regeneration

Merge pull request #719 from Comcast/external-URL-fix

Fixes variable assignment to allow use of custom external reporting U…