Use strategic patch to replace changeCause in patch command

pkg/kubectl/cmd/patch.go

@@ -167,17 +167,18 @@ func RunPatch(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []stri
 
 		if !options.Local {
 			helper := resource.NewHelper(client, mapping)
-			patchedObject, err := helper.Patch(namespace, name, patchType, patchBytes)
+			_, err := helper.Patch(namespace, name, patchType, patchBytes)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			if cmdutil.ShouldRecord(cmd, info) {
-				if err := cmdutil.RecordChangeCause(patchedObject, f.Command()); err == nil {
 				// don't return an error on failure.  The patch itself succeeded, its only the hint for that change that failed
 				// don't bother checking for failures of this replace, because a failure to indicate the hint doesn't fail the command
 				// also, don't force the replacement.  If the replacement fails on a resourceVersion conflict, then it means this
 				// record hint is likely to be invalid anyway, so avoid the bad hint
-					resource.NewHelper(client, mapping).Replace(namespace, name, false, patchedObject)
+				patch, err := cmdutil.ChangeResourcePatch(info, f.Command())
+				if err == nil {
+					helper.Patch(info.Namespace, info.Name, api.StrategicMergePatchType, patch)
 				}
 			}
 			count++