til/content/posts/kubectl-replace.md

title	date	draft	tags	images
kubectl replace	2020-09-25 10:00	false	kubernetes kubectl	/images/kubectl-replace.gif

After working with Kubernetes for a few years now I've only just today learnt about kubectl replace which, you guessed it, completely replaces a resource.

I've always used kubectl apply to update existing resources (or create new ones) which does a merge between the existing and the supplied manifest.

Hat tip to @vdemeest for this: