5 files changed, 42 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index e79c5c20b..921cd5a71 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ func GetCreateFlags(cf *ContainerCLIOpts) *pflag.FlagSet {
 		"read-only-tmpfs", true,
 		"When running containers in read-only mode mount a read-write tmpfs on /run, /tmp and /var/tmp",
 	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.Replace,
+		"replace", false,
+		`If a container with the same name exists, replace it`,
+	)
 	createFlags.StringVar(
 		&cf.Restart,
 		"restart", "",
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
index 98dc6744c..49052704e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ type ContainerCLIOpts struct {
 	ReadOnly          bool
 	ReadOnlyTmpFS     bool
 	Restart           string
+	Replace           bool
 	Rm                bool
 	RootFS            bool
 	SecurityOpt       []string
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
index ed09585ba..6269ec781 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if cliVals.Replace {
+		if err := replaceContainer(cliVals.Name); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	report, err := registry.ContainerEngine().ContainerCreate(registry.GetContext(), s)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -138,6 +144,17 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func replaceContainer(name string) error {
+	if len(name) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("cannot replace container without --name being set")
+	}
+	rmOptions := entities.RmOptions{
+		Force:  true, // force stop & removal
+		Ignore: true, // ignore errors when a container doesn't exit
+	}
+	return removeContainers([]string{name}, rmOptions, false)
+}
+
 func createInit(c *cobra.Command) error {
 	if c.Flag("privileged").Changed && c.Flag("security-opt").Changed {
 		logrus.Warn("setting security options with --privileged has no effect")
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/rm.go b/cmd/podman/containers/rm.go
index b25473a8d..22d6d59b4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/rm.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/rm.go
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func rm(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	return removeContainers(args, rmOptions, true)
+}
+
+// removeContainers will remove the specified containers (names or IDs).
+// Allows for sharing removal logic across commands. If setExit is set,
+// removeContainers will set the exit code according to the `podman-rm` man
+// page.
+func removeContainers(namesOrIDs []string, rmOptions entities.RmOptions, setExit bool) error {
 	var (
 		errs utils.OutputErrors
 	)
@@ -96,9 +104,9 @@ func rm(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return errors.Errorf("--storage conflicts with --volumes, --all, --latest, --ignore and --cidfile")
 		}
 	}
-	responses, err := registry.ContainerEngine().ContainerRm(context.Background(), args, rmOptions)
+	responses, err := registry.ContainerEngine().ContainerRm(context.Background(), namesOrIDs, rmOptions)
 	if err != nil {
-		if len(args) < 2 {
+		if setExit && len(namesOrIDs) < 2 {
 			setExitCode(err)
 		}
 		return err
@@ -109,7 +117,9 @@ func rm(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if errors.Cause(err) == define.ErrWillDeadlock {
 				logrus.Errorf("Potential deadlock detected - please run 'podman system renumber' to resolve")
 			}
-			setExitCode(r.Err)
+			if setExit {
+				setExitCode(r.Err)
+			}
 			errs = append(errs, r.Err)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println(r.Id)
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
index 8a02c63c0..b9c196b64 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if cliVals.Replace {
+		if err := replaceContainer(cliVals.Name); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// If -i is not set, clear stdin
 	if !cliVals.Interactive {
 		runOpts.InputStream = nil