Merge pull request #9044 from medyagh/stop_keep_contex

add an new flag to stop command --keep-context-active

cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var stopAll bool
+var keepActive bool
 
 // stopCmd represents the stop command
 var stopCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ itself, leaving all files intact. The cluster can be started again with the "sta
 func init() {
 
 	stopCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&stopAll, "all", false, "Set flag to stop all profiles (clusters)")
+	stopCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&keepActive, "keep-context-active", false, "keep the kube-context active after cluster is stopped. Defaults to false.")
 
 	if err := viper.GetViper().BindPFlags(stopCmd.Flags()); err != nil {
 		exit.WithError("unable to bind flags", err)
@@ -111,8 +113,10 @@ func stopProfile(profile string) int {
 		out.WarningT("Unable to kill mount process: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
 	}
 
-	if err := kubeconfig.UnsetCurrentContext(profile, kubeconfig.PathFromEnv()); err != nil {
+	if !keepActive {
-		exit.WithError("update config", err)
+		if err := kubeconfig.UnsetCurrentContext(profile, kubeconfig.PathFromEnv()); err != nil {
+			exit.WithError("update config", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return stoppedNodes

site/content/en/docs/commands/stop.md

@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ minikube stop [flags]
 ### Options
 
 ```
-      --all    Set flag to stop all profiles (clusters)
+      --all                   Set flag to stop all profiles (clusters)
-  -h, --help   help for stop
+  -h, --help                  help for stop
+      --keep-context-active   keep the kube-context active after cluster is stopped. Defaults to false.
 ```
 
 ### Options inherited from parent commands