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Clarify what the ARG instruction actually does during build - #6411

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Clarify what the ARG instruction actually does during build#6411
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@homm homm commented Dec 11, 2025

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Previously, the section described:

  • how to declare an ARG,
  • how to provide default values,
  • how users can override it using --build-arg,
  • and how its scope is limited to the build stage.

However, the documentation never explicitly stated how ARG behaves inside the build process.

This change improves the ARG documentation by explaining what the instruction actually does during a Docker build.

Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Karpinskii <homm86@gmail.com>
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homm force-pushed the clearify-ARG-instruction branch from 5100599 to bb7274e Compare December 11, 2025 15:13
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tonistiigi requested a review from dvdksn December 11, 2025 17:00

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Thanks! ❤️

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tonistiigi merged commit 79b833a into moby:master Dec 15, 2025
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