package container import ( "context" "errors" "fmt" "strings" "github.com/docker/cli/cli" "github.com/docker/cli/cli/command" "github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/completion" "github.com/spf13/cobra" ) // newRenameCommand creates a new cobra.Command for "docker container rename". func newRenameCommand(dockerCLI command.Cli) *cobra.Command { cmd := &cobra.Command{ Use: "rename CONTAINER NEW_NAME", Short: "Rename a container", Args: cli.ExactArgs(2), RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error { return runRename(cmd.Context(), dockerCLI, args[0], args[1]) }, Annotations: map[string]string{ "aliases": "docker container rename, docker rename", }, ValidArgsFunction: completion.ContainerNames(dockerCLI, true), DisableFlagsInUseLine: true, } return cmd } func runRename(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, oldName, newName string) error { newName = strings.TrimSpace(newName) if newName == "" { // TODO(thaJeztah): improve validation in ContainerRename and daemon; the daemon returns an obscure error when providing whitespace-only new-name: // Error response from daemon: Error when allocating new name: Invalid container name (/ ), only [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-] are allowed return errors.New("new name cannot be blank") } if err := dockerCLI.Client().ContainerRename(ctx, oldName, newName); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to rename container: %w", err) } return nil }