docker-commit(1)

docker-commit1

Create a new image from a container's changes

Usage

docker commit [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [REPOSITORY [:TAG]]

Overview

Alias for docker container commit.

Options

-a, --author=""
Author (e.g., "John Hannibal Smith [email protected] ⟨mailto:[email protected]⟩")

-c, --change=
Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image

-m, --message=""
Commit message

--no-pause[=false]
Disable pausing container during commit

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

From docker 1:29.9.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by podman-docker. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.