[bavell]

'kubectl delete -f dir/' will delete all resources in the directory.

[throwaway894345]

Right, but the only resource you want to delete is no longer in that directory, so you’ve now deleted every resource you except the one you actually wanted to delete. :)

[bavell]

Ah, I slightly misunderstood. Still, you should always have your manifests under version control so this shouldn't ever be a problem :)