nedaya/alpine-git repository overview

⁠git-alpine

Cross platform version of alpine-git image from https://github.com/alpine-docker/git⁠

A useful simple git container running in alpine Linux, especially for tiny Linux distro, such as RancherOS, which doesn't have a package manager.

⁠Additional notes about multi-arch images

This feature was added on 23th May 2021.

1. Version v2.30.2 and 1.0.30 are manually pushed by me with multi-arch image supported
2. Older version will be not updated as multi-arch images
3. Newer vesions from now on will be multi-arch images (--platform linux/amd64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64/v8,linux/arm/v6,linux/ppc64le,linux/s390x)
4. I don't support other architectures, except amd64, because I have no other environment to do that. If you have any issues with other arch, you need raise PR to fix it.
5. There would be no difference for docker pull , docker run command with other arch, you can run it as normal. For example, if you need pull image from arm (such as new Mac M1 chip), you can run docker pull alpine/git:v2.30.2 to get the image directly.

⁠Github Repo

https://github.com/alpine-docker/git⁠

⁠Docker image tags

https://hub.docker.com/r/nedaya/alpine-git/tags/⁠

Notes:

New tags with non-root user in image has been created.

alpine/git:<version>-user
alpine/git:user

Its uid and gid in container are 1000

$ docker run -ti --rm --entrypoint=id alpine/git:user
uid=1000(git-user) gid=1000(git-user)

Docker build from feature branch feature/non-root

⁠usage

docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/git alpine/git <git_command>

For example, if you need clone this repository, you can run

docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/git alpine/git clone https://github.com/alpine-docker/git.git

⁠Optional usage 1:

To save your type, add this fuction to ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile

$ cat ~/.profile

...

function git () {
    (docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/git alpine/git "$@")
}

...

$ source ~/.profile

for example, if you need clone this repository, with the function you just set, you can run it as local command

git clone https://github.com/alpine-docker/git.git

⁠Optional usage 2:

alias git="docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/git -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh alpine/git"

⁠NOTES:

• You need redefine (re-run) the alias, when you switch between different repositories
• You need run above alias command only under git repository's root directory.

⁠Demo

$ cd application
$ alias git="docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/git -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh alpine/git"
$ git clone [email protected]:YOUR_ACCOUNT/YOUR_REPO.git
$ cd YOUR_REPO
$ alias git="docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/git -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh alpine/git"
# edit several files
$ git add . 
$ git status
$ git commit -m "test"
$ git push -u origin master

⁠Usage with drone.io

steps:      
- name: submodules
image: nedaya/alpine-git
commands:
    - git submodule update --init --recursive --remote 

⁠The Protocols

Supports git, http/https and ssh protocols.

Refer: Git on the Server - The Protocols⁠

⁠Automation builds

Set Travis CI to run builds every month.

• build on latest alpine image
• build with latest git in the alpine image
• generate new tag for this image
• generate git's version as image tag as well (v${GIT_VERSION})
• update latest tag for this image