`COPY --link` not compatible with `chown`

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, dockerfile, go
Domain
build-system, devops

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing a Dockerfile that combines COPY --link with --chown, then trace the Dockerfile handling and related tests; done means the combination works without requiring a separate ownership-changing layer.

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Description

Hello,

COPY --link is really great but I think it doesn't work yet with chown which makes inefficient layers because you have to chown manually after copying or just keep things simple with root.
Will COPY --link be compatible with --chown in the future?

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