From 83d5132a03a9152767bc7aae713b1adfca3cd469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aevesdocker <allie.sadler@docker.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 15:32:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bake: add pattern matching for targets input

---
 content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md b/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md
index 183eb939e92f..c6b01b2cd785 100644
--- a/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md
+++ b/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md
@@ -96,6 +96,42 @@ command.
 $ docker buildx bake all
 ```
 
+## Pattern matching for targets and groups
+
+Bake supports shell-style wildcard patterns when specifying target or grouped targets.
+This makes it easier to build multiple targets without listing each one explicitly.
+
+Supported patterns:
+
+- `*` matches any sequence of characters
+- `?` matches any single character
+- `[abc]` matches any character in brackets
+
+Examples: 
+
+```console
+# Match all targets starting with 'foo-'
+$ docker buildx bake foo-*
+
+# Match all targets
+$ docker buildx bake *
+
+# Matches: foo-baz, foo-caz, foo-daz, etc.
+$ docker buildx bake "foo-?az"
+
+# Matches: foo-bar, boo-bar
+$ docker buildx bake "[fb]oo-bar"
+
+# Matches: mtx-a-b-d, mtx-a-b-e, mtx-a-b-f
+$ docker buildx bake "mtx-a-b-*"
+``` 
+
+You can also combine multiple patters:
+
+```console
+$ docker buildx bake "*" "tests"
+```
+
 ## Additional resources
 
 Refer to the following pages to learn more about Bake's features:

From ed70bdc9b683fa4252d05e97230ab1966825bc2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aevesdocker <allie.sadler@docker.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 11:09:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feedback

---
 content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md b/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md
index c6b01b2cd785..54dce0cf3ec4 100644
--- a/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md
+++ b/content/manuals/build/bake/targets.md
@@ -107,14 +107,19 @@ Supported patterns:
 - `?` matches any single character
 - `[abc]` matches any character in brackets
 
+> [!NOTE]
+>
+> Always wrap wildcard patterns in quotes. Without quotes, your shell will expand the
+> wildcard to match files in the current directory, which usually causes errors.
+
 Examples: 
 
 ```console
 # Match all targets starting with 'foo-'
-$ docker buildx bake foo-*
+$ docker buildx bake "foo-*"
 
 # Match all targets
-$ docker buildx bake *
+$ docker buildx bake "*"
 
 # Matches: foo-baz, foo-caz, foo-daz, etc.
 $ docker buildx bake "foo-?az"
@@ -126,10 +131,10 @@ $ docker buildx bake "[fb]oo-bar"
 $ docker buildx bake "mtx-a-b-*"
 ``` 
 
-You can also combine multiple patters:
+You can also combine multiple patterns:
 
 ```console
-$ docker buildx bake "*" "tests"
+$ docker buildx bake "foo*" "tests"
 ```
 
 ## Additional resources