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Does build context size affect the image size?

When I build images with docker build the output contains the context size, e.g.:

Sending build context to Docker daemon  1.315GB
[...]
Successfully built a9ec4d33e12e

Does this size affect the resulting image size? Should I seek to reduce it?

Solution

  • Does this size affect the resulting image size?

    No

    Should I seek to reduce it?

    Yes. It saves time building the image.

    source:

    https://medium.com/better-programming/docker-tips-about-the-build-context-dbc76505e178