Use --force-overwrite for creating databases

...but only if the feature exists in the CLI.

lib/codeql.js

@@ -283,10 +283,11 @@ async function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd, checkVersion) {
             else if (await util.codeQlVersionAtLeast(this, exports.CODEQL_VERSION_SUBLANGUAGE_FILE_COVERAGE)) {
                 extraArgs.push("--no-sublanguage-file-coverage");
             }
+            const overwriteFlag = (0, tools_features_1.isSupportedToolsFeature)(await this.getVersion(), tools_features_1.ToolsFeature.ForceOverwite) ? "--force-overwrite" : "--overwrite";
             await runTool(cmd, [
                 "database",
                 "init",
-                "--overwrite",
+                overwriteFlag,
                 "--db-cluster",
                 config.dbLocation,
                 `--source-root=${sourceRoot}`,