Conditional ignore `force` flag for `docker-tag`

`docker tag -f` will now become an error, since it was removed after
upgrading docker daemon to 1.12.0 (or later)

this PR is to bypass `force` flag if docker >= 1.12.0 was detected

reference:
- https://docs.docker.com/engine/deprecated/#/f-flag-on-docker-tag

Signed-off-by: guessi <guessi@gmail.com>

builder/docker/driver_docker.go

@@ -275,9 +275,36 @@ func (d *DockerDriver) StopContainer(id string) error {
 
 func (d *DockerDriver) TagImage(id string, repo string, force bool) error {
 	args := []string{"tag"}
+
+	// detect running docker version before tagging
+	// flag `force` for docker tagging was removed after Docker 1.12.0
+	// to keep its backward compatibility, we are not going to remove `force`
+	// option, but to ignore it when Docker version >= 1.12.0
+	//
+	// for more detail, please refer to the following links:
+	// - https://docs.docker.com/engine/deprecated/#/f-flag-on-docker-tag
+	// - https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/23090
+	output, err := exec.Command("docker", "--version").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	match := regexp.MustCompile(version.VersionRegexpRaw).FindSubmatch(output)
+	if match == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unknown Docker version: %s", output)
+	}
+
+	version_running, _ := version.NewVersion(string(match[0]))
+	version_deprecated, _ := version.NewVersion("1.12.0")
+
+	if version_running.LessThan(version_deprecated) {
 		if force {
 			args = append(args, "-f")
 		}
+	} else {
+		// do nothing if Docker version >= 1.12.0
+		log.Printf("[WARN] force is removed since Docker 1.12.0")
+	}
 	args = append(args, id, repo)
 
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer

website/source/docs/post-processors/docker-tag.html.md

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ repository is required.
 
 -   `force` (boolean) - If true, this post-processor forcibly tag the image even
     if tag name is collided. Default to `false`.
+    But it will be ignore if Docker version greater or equal than 1.12.0,
+    since the `force` option was removed after 1.12.0. [reference](https://docs.docker.com/engine/deprecated/#/f-flag-on-docker-tag)
 
 ## Example