Add --force command line option to run and deploy sub-commands

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.Force, "force", false, "Recreate kubernetes resources if necessary for deployment (default: false, 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

@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ 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 for deployment (default: false, warning: might cause downtime!)
       --images strings                  A list of pre-built images to deploy
       --insecure-registry stringArray   Target registries for built images which are not secure
   -l, --label stringArray               Add custom labels to deployed objects. Set multiple times for multiple labels.
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ 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_INSECURE_REGISTRY` (same as `--insecure-registry`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_LABEL` (same as `--label`)
@@ -521,6 +523,7 @@ 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 for deployment (default: false, warning: might cause downtime!)
       --insecure-registry stringArray   Target registries for built images which are not secure
   -l, --label stringArray               Add custom labels to deployed objects. Set multiple times for multiple labels.
   -n, --namespace string                Run deployments in the specified namespace
@@ -546,6 +549,7 @@ 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_INSECURE_REGISTRY` (same as `--insecure-registry`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_LABEL` (same as `--label`)
 * `SKAFFOLD_NAMESPACE` (same as `--namespace`)

pkg/skaffold/config/options.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type SkaffoldOptions struct {
 	CacheArtifacts     bool
 	ExperimentalGUI    bool
 	EnableRPC          bool
+	Force              bool
 	NoPrune            bool
 	CustomTag          string
 	Namespace          string
@@ -90,3 +91,7 @@ func (opts *SkaffoldOptions) Labels() map[string]string {
 func (opts *SkaffoldOptions) Prune() bool {
 	return !opts.NoPrune && !opts.CacheArtifacts
 }
+
+func (opts *SkaffoldOptions) ForceDeploy() bool {
+	return opts.Command == "dev" || opts.Force
+}

pkg/skaffold/deploy/helm.go

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ type HelmDeployer struct {
 	kubeContext string
 	namespace   string
 	defaultRepo string
+	forceDeploy bool
 }
 
 // NewHelmDeployer returns a new HelmDeployer for a DeployConfig filled
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func NewHelmDeployer(runCtx *runcontext.RunContext) *HelmDeployer {
 		kubeContext: runCtx.KubeContext,
 		namespace:   runCtx.Opts.Namespace,
 		defaultRepo: runCtx.DefaultRepo,
+		forceDeploy: runCtx.Opts.ForceDeploy(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -190,6 +192,9 @@ func (h *HelmDeployer) deployRelease(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, r lates
 	} else {
 		args = append(args, "upgrade", releaseName)
 		args = append(args, h.Flags.Upgrade...)
+		if h.forceDeploy {
+			args = append(args, "--force")
+		}
 		if r.RecreatePods {
 			args = append(args, "--recreate-pods")
 		}