Changed --name to --profile and added minikube profile command

cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config.go

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ var settings = []Setting{
 		set:  SetBool,
 	},
 	{
-		name: config.MachineName,
+		name: config.MachineProfile,
 		set:  SetString,
 	},
 	{

cmd/minikube/cmd/config/profile.go

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	pkgConfig "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
+)
+
+var ProfileCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "profile MINIKUBE_PROFILE_NAME.  You can return the the default minikube name by running `minikube profile default`",
+	Short: "profile sets the current minikube profile.  This is used to run and manage multiple minikube instance.  You can return the the default minikube name by running `minikube profile default`",
+	Long:  "profile sets the current minikube profile.  This is used to run and manage multiple minikube instance.  You can return the the default minikube name by running `minikube profile default`",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if len(args) != 1 {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: minikube profile MINIKUBE_PROFILE_NAME")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		profile := args[0]
+		if profile == "default" {
+			profile = "minikube"
+		}
+		err := Set(pkgConfig.MachineProfile, profile)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, fmt.Sprintf("minikube profile was successfully set the %s", profile))
+		}
+	},
+}

cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go

@@ -136,10 +136,11 @@ func setFlagsUsingViper() {
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool(showLibmachineLogs, false, "Deprecated: To enable libmachine logs, set --v=3 or higher")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool(useVendoredDriver, false, "Use the vendored in drivers instead of RPC")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().String(config.MachineName, constants.DefaultMachineName, `The name of the minikube VM being used.  
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP(config.MachineProfile, "p", constants.DefaultMachineName, `The name of the minikube VM being used.  
 	This can be modified to allow for multiple minikube instances to be run independently`)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(configCmd.ConfigCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(configCmd.AddonsCmd)
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(configCmd.ProfileCmd)
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(goflag.CommandLine)
 	viper.BindPFlags(RootCmd.PersistentFlags())
 

pkg/minikube/config/config.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 	WantReportError           = "WantReportError"
 	WantReportErrorPrompt     = "WantReportErrorPrompt"
 	WantKubectlDownloadMsg    = "WantKubectlDownloadMsg"
-	MachineName               = "name"
+	MachineProfile            = "profile"
 )
 
 type MinikubeConfig map[string]interface{}
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ func decode(r io.Reader) (MinikubeConfig, error) {
 
 // GetMachineName gets the machine name for the VM
 func GetMachineName() string {
-	if viper.GetString(MachineName) == "" {
+	if viper.GetString(MachineProfile) == "" {
 		return constants.DefaultMachineName
 	}
-	return viper.GetString(MachineName)
+	return viper.GetString(MachineProfile)
 }