Support `--set` for groups
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Description
If I call a group instead of a target, if I need to use --set I have to know everything in the group.
Instead it could be nice if we could use --set <group>.<thing> and have that propagate to all targets in a group.
Maybe this is pretty specific to how I'm using group currently.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the buildx CLI handles group invocation and the --set option. Verify how a group’s targets are represented, then define completion as accepting <group>.<thing> and propagating that setting to every target in the group; add coverage alongside the existing CLI behavior tests if available.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, go
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100