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authorAllan Jacquet-Cretides <allan.jacquet@gmail.com>2020-02-15 10:48:23 +0100
committerAllan Jacquet-Cretides <allan.jacquet@gmail.com>2020-02-15 11:11:00 +0100
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Update documentation of commit command to show image reference is optional
Following Commit ba1d1304a67b ("make image reference for commit optional") Updates usage text used by cobra and markdown document used to generate MAN page. Fixes: #5145 Signed-off-by: Allan Jacquet-Cretides <allan.jacquet@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/commit.go5
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-commit.1.md8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/commit.go b/cmd/podman/commit.go
index b4d249c66..7c35a4832 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/commit.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/commit.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var (
commitDescription = `Create an image from a container's changes. Optionally tag the image created, set the author with the --author flag, set the commit message with the --message flag, and make changes to the instructions with the --change flag.`
_commitCommand = &cobra.Command{
- Use: "commit [flags] CONTAINER IMAGE",
+ Use: "commit [flags] CONTAINER [IMAGE]",
Short: "Create new image based on the changed container",
Long: commitDescription,
RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ var (
},
Example: `podman commit -q --message "committing container to image" reverent_golick image-committed
podman commit -q --author "firstName lastName" reverent_golick image-committed
- podman commit -q --pause=false containerID image-committed`,
+ podman commit -q --pause=false containerID image-committed
+ podman commit containerID`,
}
// ChangeCmds is the list of valid Changes commands to passed to the Commit call
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-commit.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-commit.1.md
index 042ec7934..66d8811aa 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-commit.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-commit.1.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
podman\-commit - Create new image based on the changed container
## SYNOPSIS
-**podman commit** [*options*] *container* *image*
+**podman commit** [*options*] *container* [*image*]
**podman container commit** [*options*] *container* [*image*]
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ image. If this is not desired, the `--pause` flag can be set to false. When the
is complete, Podman will print out the ID of the new image.
If *image* does not begin with a registry name component, `localhost` will be added to the name.
+If *image* is not provided, the values for the `REPOSITORY` and `TAG` values of the created image will each be set to `<none>`.
## OPTIONS
@@ -86,6 +87,11 @@ $ podman commit -q --pause=false containerID image-committed
e3ce4d93051ceea088d1c242624d659be32cf1667ef62f1d16d6b60193e2c7a8
```
+```
+$ podman commit containerID
+e3ce4d93051ceea088d1c242624d659be32cf1667ef62f1d16d6b60193e2c7a8
+```
+
## SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-run(1), podman-create(1)