Liran Tal • 5/1/2019

Why you should use COPY instead of ADD when building Docker images

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This technical article details the functional differences between Docker's COPY and ADD commands. It explains why COPY is generally preferred for security (avoiding risks from remote URLs and archive extraction vulnerabilities) and for better layer caching optimization during Docker image builds.

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