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Some builder docs improvements
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## Usage
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## Usage
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The [`docker build`](commandline/build.md) command builds an image from
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The [`docker build`](commandline/build.md) command builds an image from
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a `Dockerfile` and a *context*. The build's context is the files at a specified
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a `Dockerfile` and a *context*. The build's context is the set of files at a
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location `PATH` or `URL`. The `PATH` is a directory on your local filesystem.
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specified location `PATH` or `URL`. The `PATH` is a directory on your local
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The `URL` is a Git repository location.
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filesystem. The `URL` is a Git repository location.
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A context is processed recursively. So, a `PATH` includes any subdirectories and
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A context is processed recursively. So, a `PATH` includes any subdirectories and
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the `URL` includes the repository and its submodules. A simple build command
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the `URL` includes the repository and its submodules. This example shows a
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that uses the current directory as context:
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build command that uses the current directory as context:
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$ docker build .
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$ docker build .
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Sending build context to Docker daemon 6.51 MB
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Sending build context to Docker daemon 6.51 MB
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If the `WORKDIR` doesn't exist, it will be created even if it's not used in any
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If the `WORKDIR` doesn't exist, it will be created even if it's not used in any
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subsequent `Dockerfile` instruction.
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subsequent `Dockerfile` instruction.
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It can be used multiple times in the one `Dockerfile`. If a relative path
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The `WORKDIR` instruction can be used multiple times in a `Dockerfile`. If a
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is provided, it will be relative to the path of the previous `WORKDIR`
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relative path is provided, it will be relative to the path of the previous
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instruction. For example:
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`WORKDIR` instruction. For example:
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WORKDIR /a
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WORKDIR /a
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WORKDIR b
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WORKDIR b
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## Description
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## Description
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Builds Docker images from a Dockerfile and a "context". A build's context is
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The `docker build` command builds Docker images from a Dockerfile and a
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the files located in the specified `PATH` or `URL`. The build process can refer
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"context". A build's context is the set of files located in the specified
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to any of the files in the context. For example, your build can use an
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`PATH` or `URL`. The build process can refer to any of the files in the
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[*ADD*](../builder.md#add) instruction to reference a file in the
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context. For example, your build can use a [*COPY*](../builder.md#copy)
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context.
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instruction to reference a file in the context.
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The `URL` parameter can refer to three kinds of resources: Git repositories,
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The `URL` parameter can refer to three kinds of resources: Git repositories,
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pre-packaged tarball contexts and plain text files.
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pre-packaged tarball contexts and plain text files.
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Git URLs accept context configuration in their fragment section, separated by a
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Git URLs accept context configuration in their fragment section, separated by a
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colon `:`. The first part represents the reference that Git will check out,
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colon `:`. The first part represents the reference that Git will check out,
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this can be either a branch, a tag, or a remote reference. The second part
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and can be either a branch, a tag, or a remote reference. The second part
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represents a subdirectory inside the repository that will be used as a build
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represents a subdirectory inside the repository that will be used as a build
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context.
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context.
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