Merge pull request #1749 from msiebuhr/doc-from-tags

Document FROM <image>:<tag> Dockerfile instruction.
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Andy Rothfusz 2013-08-30 10:44:36 -07:00
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@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ building images.
``FROM <image>``
Or
``FROM <image>:<tag>``
The ``FROM`` instruction sets the :ref:`base_image_def` for subsequent
instructions. As such, a valid Dockerfile must have ``FROM`` as its
first instruction. The image can be any valid image -- it is
@ -81,6 +85,9 @@ especially easy to start by **pulling an image** from the
to create multiple images. Simply make a note of the last image id
output by the commit before each new ``FROM`` command.
If no ``tag`` is given to the ``FROM`` instruction, ``latest`` is
assumed. If the used tag does not exist, an error will be returned.
3.2 MAINTAINER
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