docs: add docs for build —target

Signed-off-by: Tonis Tiigi <tonistiigi@gmail.com>
Upstream-commit: d50472f52b
Component: cli
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Tonis Tiigi
2017-06-02 00:11:05 +00:00
committed by Tibor Vass
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@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Options:
or `g` (gigabytes). If you omit the unit, the system uses bytes.
--squash Squash newly built layers into a single new layer (**Experimental Only**)
-t, --tag value Name and optionally a tag in the 'name:tag' format (default [])
--target string Set the target build stage to build.
--ulimit value Ulimit options (default [])
```
@@ -454,6 +455,24 @@ more `--add-host` flags. This example adds a static address for a host named
$ docker build --add-host=docker:10.180.0.1 .
### Specifying target build stage (--target)
When building a Dockerfile with multiple build stages, `--target` can be used to
specify an intermediate build stage by name as a final stage for the resulting
image. Commands after the target stage will be skipped.
```Dockerfile
FROM debian AS build-env
...
FROM alpine AS production-env
...
```
```bash
$ docker build -t mybuildimage --target build-env .
```
### Squash an image's layers (--squash) **Experimental Only**
#### Overview