Adding overwrite option to the i18n extract task

lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php

@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ public function getOptionParser() {
 			->addOption('exclude', array(
 				'help' => __d('cake_console', 'Comma separated list of directories to exclude.' .
 					' Any path containing a path segment with the provided values will be skipped. E.g. test,vendors')
+			))
+			->addOption('overwrite', array(
+				'boolean' => true,
+				'default' => false,
+				'help' => __d('cake_console', 'Always overwrite existing .pot files.')
 			));
 	}
 
@@ -537,6 +542,10 @@ protected function _store($domain, $header, $sentence) {
  */
 	protected function _writeFiles() {
 		$overwriteAll = false;
+		if (!empty($this->params['overwrite'])) {
+			$overwriteAll = true;
+		}
+
 		foreach ($this->_storage as $domain => $sentences) {
 			$output = $this->_writeHeader();
 			foreach ($sentences as $sentence => $header) {

lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTaskTest.php

@@ -399,4 +399,26 @@ public function testExtractModelValidationInPlugin() {
 		$pattern = '#Plugin/TestPlugin/Model/TestPluginPost.php:validation for field title#';
 		$this->assertNotRegExp($pattern, $result);
 	}
+
+
+/**
+ *  Test that the extract shell overwrites existing files with the overwrite parameter
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtractOverwrite() {
+		$this->Task->interactive = false;
+
+		$this->Task->params['paths'] = CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS;
+		$this->Task->params['output'] = $this->path . DS;
+		$this->Task->params['overwrite'] = true;
+
+		file_put_contents($this->path . DS . 'default.pot', 'will be overwritten');
+		$this->assertTrue(file_exists($this->path . DS . 'default.pot'));
+		$original = file_get_contents($this->path . DS . 'default.pot');
+
+		$this->Task->execute();
+		$result = file_get_contents($this->path . DS . 'default.pot');
+		$this->assertNotEquals($original, $result);
+	}
 }