Docker CLI Helpers

An opinionated set of context-aware shorthand scripts for interacting with Docker more easily.

Installation

1. Clone this repository somewhere on your machine
2. Add bin/ to your path in your ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc

PATH=$PATH:/path/to/docker-cli-helpers/bin

Usage

• db for building
• dr for running
• de for executing
• drm for deleting a container
• drmi for deleting an image

Sane defaults are provided so you don't need to do anything:

• NAME: defaults to the name of the current directory
• VERSION: default to the current git branch

If a .dockerinfo file exists in the current directory, it will be sourced and used for the name and version of the docker container being built/run. For example:

#.dockerinfo
NAME=some-docker-container

Examples:

Where the name of the directory we're currently is nginx-app, the current git branch is http-2.0, and the current git commit is f2393ad:

$ db
# builds an image named nginx-app:http-2.0

$ dr
# runs a container as a daemon named nginx-app-f2393ad off the nginx-app:http-2.0 image

$ de
# runs bash in the nginx-app-f2393ad container

$ drm
# force stops and deletes the nginx-app-f2393ad container

$ drmi
# deletes the image named nginx-app:http-2.0

You're also able to pass NAME or NAME:VERSION to the scripts in case you don't like the defaults:

$ db super-app
# builds an image named super-app:http-2.0

$ db super-app:latest
# builds an image named super-app:latest

Note: db was used for this example, but all the scripts take these parameters.

Notes:

I'm still not 💯 on the naming convention, but it's on my mind and I'll work on it over time. PR's welcome!