@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ func componentWithSource(s string) (component, repo string, builder bool, err er

 	} else {

 		component = s

 	}

-	// component must be of the form compatible with a pull spec *or* <namespace>/<name>

-	if _, err := imageapi.ParseDockerImageReference(component); err != nil {

-		return "", "", false, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid Docker pull specification: %s", component, err)

-	}

 	return

 }

@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ type TemplateFileResolver struct {

 // Resolve attemps to read the template file and transform it into a template object

 func (r *TemplateFileResolver) Resolve(value string) (*ComponentMatch, error) {

-	if !isFile(value) {

-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not a file", value)

-	}

 	var isSingular bool

 	obj, err := resource.NewBuilder(r.Mapper, r.Typer, r.ClientMapper).

 		NamespaceParam(r.Namespace).RequireNamespace().