Add timestamp flags to `COPY`
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area/dockerfile
area/reproducible-builds
kind/enhancement
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Description
@AkihiroSuda Should we add some flag that allows setting timestamp(either to value or to epoch) during
COPYin labs channel for v0.12?
Originally posted by @tonistiigi in https://github.com/moby/buildkit/issues/3980#issuecomment-1614070243
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Research direction
The issue names the COPY instruction and a labs channel but no implementation files or tests. Read the linked original discussion first, then locate the COPY implementation and related flag tests. Done means the supported timestamp forms are defined and verified by focused tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- dockerfile, go
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100