Sync charm-helpers.

hooks/charmhelpers/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Bootstrap charm-helpers, installing its dependencies if necessary using
+# only standard libraries.
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+try:
+    import six  # flake8: noqa
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python-six'])
+    else:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python3-six'])
+    import six  # flake8: noqa
+
+try:
+    import yaml  # flake8: noqa
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python-yaml'])
+    else:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python3-yaml'])
+    import yaml  # flake8: noqa

hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py

@@ -395,21 +395,31 @@ def relations_of_type(reltype=None):
     return relation_data
 
 
+@cached
+def metadata():
+    """Get the current charm metadata.yaml contents as a python object"""
+    with open(os.path.join(charm_dir(), 'metadata.yaml')) as md:
+        return yaml.safe_load(md)
+
+
 @cached
 def relation_types():
     """Get a list of relation types supported by this charm"""
-    charmdir = os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR', '')
-    mdf = open(os.path.join(charmdir, 'metadata.yaml'))
-    md = yaml.safe_load(mdf)
     rel_types = []
+    md = metadata()
     for key in ('provides', 'requires', 'peers'):
         section = md.get(key)
         if section:
             rel_types.extend(section.keys())
-    mdf.close()
     return rel_types
 
 
+@cached
+def charm_name():
+    """Get the name of the current charm as is specified on metadata.yaml"""
+    return metadata().get('name')
+
+
 @cached
 def relations():
     """Get a nested dictionary of relation data for all related units"""