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+#!/bin/sh -e
+# vim: ts=4 sw=4 et
+
+
+# ---  V A R I A B L E S  --- #
+
+SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$0")
+
+
+# ---  S U B R O U T I N E S  --- #
+
+print_help_message_and_exit() {
+    cat << EOM
+usage: $SCRIPT_NAME [-h]
+       $SCRIPT_NAME  -f
+       $SCRIPT_NAME [-f] [-b] <cntnr>
+       $SCRIPT_NAME [-f]  -r 
+
+Cleanly rebuilds the Docker image of a container and restarts all containers.
+
+options:
+  -b        do not restart containers; only rebuild Docker image
+  -f        fetches new commits and resets (--hard !) to origin/xce
+  -h        show this help message
+  -r        do not rebuild Docker imags; only restart containers
+
+positional arguments:
+  cntnr     name of the container whose image should be rebuilt
+EOM
+    exit
+}
+
+
+# ---  M A I N   S C R I P T  --- #
+
+# Parse commnand line
+fetch=no
+rebuild=yes
+reboot=yes
+while getopts "fbhr" option; do    
+    case $option in    
+        b) reboot=no ;;
+        f) fetch=yes ;;
+        r) rebuild=no ;;
+        *) print_help_message_and_exit ;;
+    esac    
+done    
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+CONTAINER=$1
+if [ -z "$CONTAINER" ] && [ "$rebuild" = 'yes' ]; then
+    print_help_message_and_exit
+fi
+
+# Fetch
+if [ "$fetch" = 'yes' ]; then
+    git fetch
+    git reset --hard origin/xce
+fi
+
+# Rebuild
+if [ -n "$CONTAINER" ] && [ "$rebuild" = 'yes' ]; then
+    docker system prune -f
+    docker-compose build --no-cache "$CONTAINER"
+fi
+if [ "$reboot" = 'yes' ]; then
+    docker-compose down
+    docker-compose up -d
+fi