Add new flag '--force' to run/deploy commands

This flag controls, if resources may be re-created, if patching is not possible.

Signed-off-by: Cornelius Weig <22861411+corneliusweig@users.noreply.github.com>

cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/cmd.go

@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func FlagToEnvVarName(f *pflag.Flag) string {
 
 func AddRunDeployFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Tail, "tail", false, "Stream logs from deployed objects")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.ForceDeploy, "force", false, "Recreate kubernetes resources if necessary during deployment (warning: might cause downtime!)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.CustomLabels, "label", "l", nil, "Add custom labels to deployed objects. Set multiple times for multiple labels.")
 }
 

docs/content/en/docs/references/cli/_index.md

@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ Flags:
   -d, --default-repo string       Default repository value (overrides global config)
       --enable-rpc skaffold dev   Enable gRPC for exposing Skaffold events (true by default for skaffold dev)
   -f, --filename string           Filename or URL to the pipeline file (default "skaffold.yaml")
+      --force                     Recreate kubernetes resources if necessary during deployment (warning: might cause downtime!)
       --images strings            A list of pre-built images to deploy
   -l, --label stringArray         Add custom labels to deployed objects. Set multiple times for multiple labels.
   -n, --namespace string          Run deployments in the specified namespace
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ Env vars:
 * `SKAFFOLD_DEFAULT_REPO` (same as `--default-repo`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_ENABLE_RPC` (same as `--enable-rpc`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_FILENAME` (same as `--filename`)
+* `SKAFFOLD_FORCE` (same as `--force`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_IMAGES` (same as `--images`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_LABEL` (same as `--label`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_NAMESPACE` (same as `--namespace`)
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ Flags:
   -d, --default-repo string       Default repository value (overrides global config)
       --enable-rpc skaffold dev   Enable gRPC for exposing Skaffold events (true by default for skaffold dev)
   -f, --filename string           Filename or URL to the pipeline file (default "skaffold.yaml")
+      --force                     Recreate kubernetes resources if necessary during deployment (warning: might cause downtime!)
   -l, --label stringArray         Add custom labels to deployed objects. Set multiple times for multiple labels.
   -n, --namespace string          Run deployments in the specified namespace
   -p, --profile stringArray       Activate profiles by name
@@ -524,6 +527,7 @@ Env vars:
 * `SKAFFOLD_DEFAULT_REPO` (same as `--default-repo`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_ENABLE_RPC` (same as `--enable-rpc`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_FILENAME` (same as `--filename`)
+* `SKAFFOLD_FORCE` (same as `--force`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_LABEL` (same as `--label`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_NAMESPACE` (same as `--namespace`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_PROFILE` (same as `--profile`)

pkg/skaffold/config/options.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type SkaffoldOptions struct {
 	CacheArtifacts    bool
 	ExperimentalGUI   bool
 	EnableRPC         bool
+	ForceDeploy       bool
 	Profiles          []string
 	CustomTag         string
 	Namespace         string

pkg/skaffold/runner/runner.go

@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ func NewForConfig(opts *config.SkaffoldOptions, cfg *latest.SkaffoldPipeline) (*
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "parsing test config")
 	}
 
-	deployer, err := getDeployer(&cfg.Deploy, kubeContext, opts.Namespace, true, defaultRepo)
+	forceDeploy := opts.Command == "dev" || opts.ForceDeploy
+	deployer, err := getDeployer(&cfg.Deploy, kubeContext, opts.Namespace, forceDeploy, defaultRepo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "parsing deploy config")
 	}