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Some builder docs improvements

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Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
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@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ Practices](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/eng-image/dockerfile_best-pr
## Usage
The [`docker build`](commandline/build.md) command builds an image from
a `Dockerfile` and a *context*. The build's context is the files at a specified
location `PATH` or `URL`. The `PATH` is a directory on your local filesystem.
The `URL` is a Git repository location.
a `Dockerfile` and a *context*. The build's context is the set of files at a
specified location `PATH` or `URL`. The `PATH` is a directory on your local
filesystem. The `URL` is a Git repository location.
A context is processed recursively. So, a `PATH` includes any subdirectories and
the `URL` includes the repository and its submodules. A simple build command
that uses the current directory as context:
the `URL` includes the repository and its submodules. This example shows a
build command that uses the current directory as context:
$ docker build .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 6.51 MB
@ -1328,9 +1328,9 @@ The `WORKDIR` instruction sets the working directory for any `RUN`, `CMD`,
If the `WORKDIR` doesn't exist, it will be created even if it's not used in any
subsequent `Dockerfile` instruction.
It can be used multiple times in the one `Dockerfile`. If a relative path
is provided, it will be relative to the path of the previous `WORKDIR`
instruction. For example:
The `WORKDIR` instruction can be used multiple times in a `Dockerfile`. If a
relative path is provided, it will be relative to the path of the previous
`WORKDIR` instruction. For example:
WORKDIR /a
WORKDIR b