Merge pull request #1581 from mhennings/workdirsupport-buildfile

Add workdir support for the Buildfile

buildfile.go

@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ func (b *buildFile) CmdEntrypoint(args string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (b *buildFile) CmdWorkdir(workdir string) error {
+	b.config.WorkingDir = workdir
+	return b.commit("", b.config.Cmd, fmt.Sprintf("WORKDIR %v", workdir))
+}
+
 func (b *buildFile) CmdVolume(args string) error {
 	if args == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Volume cannot be empty")

docs/sources/use/builder.rst

@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ to the entrypoint.
 The ``VOLUME`` instruction will add one or more new volumes to any
 container created from the image.
 
+3.10 WORKDIR
+--------------
+
+    ``WORKDIR /path/to/workdir``
+
+The ``WORKDIR`` instruction sets the working directory in which
+the command given by ``CMD`` is executed.
+
 4. Dockerfile Examples
 ======================
 

utils.go

@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ func MergeConfig(userConf, imageConf *Config) {
 	if userConf.Entrypoint == nil || len(userConf.Entrypoint) == 0 {
 		userConf.Entrypoint = imageConf.Entrypoint
 	}
+	if userConf.WorkingDir == "" {
+		userConf.WorkingDir = imageConf.WorkingDir
+	}
 	if userConf.VolumesFrom == "" {
 		userConf.VolumesFrom = imageConf.VolumesFrom
 	}