WORKDIR behavior description contradicts COPY --from description

[jedahan]

Is this a docs issue?

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Type of issue

Information is incorrect

Description

These two excerpts from the documentation contradict each other. Which one is true?

From https://docs.docker.com/reference/dockerfile/#workdir

The WORKDIR instruction sets the working directory for any RUN, CMD, ENTRYPOINT, COPY and ADD instructions that follow it in the Dockerfile.

From https://docs.docker.com/reference/dockerfile/#copy---from

The source path of COPY --from is always resolved from filesystem root of the image or stage that you specify.

Location

https://docs.docker.com/reference/dockerfile/

Suggestion

Assuming that COPY --from ignores the WORKDIR definition, I'd propose the following two items:

Add a note with all the exceptions to WORKDIR in the WORKDIR section.

Add a note that COPY --from will ignore WORKDIR in the COPY --from section.

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