Dockerfile Cheat Sheet/Use plain progress output

Render verbose plain-text build output.

Section: Build Flags and Targets

Use plain progress output

bash
bash
docker build --progress=plain -t myapp:dev .
Explanation

Helpful when debugging failing builds in CI.

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