buildah-source-create(1)

buildah-source-create1

Create and initialize a source image

Usage

buildah source create [options] path

Overview

Create and initialize a source image. A source image is an OCI artifact; an OCI image with a custom config media type.

Note that the buildah-source command and all its subcommands are experimental and may be subject to future changes

Options

--author author

Set the author of the source image mentioned in the config. By default, no author is set.

--time-stamp bool-value

Set the created time stamp in the image config. By default, the time stamp is set.

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

  1. 12–Arch

From buildah 1:1.45.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.