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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014
NAME
docker-history - Show the history of an image
SYNOPSIS
docker history [--help] [-H|--human[=true]] [--no-trunc] [-q|--quiet] IMAGE
DESCRIPTION
Show the history of when and how an image was created.
OPTIONS
--help Print usage statement
-H, --human=true|false Print sizes and dates in human readable format. The default is true.
--no-trunc=true|false Don't truncate output. The default is false.
-q, --quiet=true|false Only show numeric IDs. The default is false.
EXAMPLES
$ docker history fedora
IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT
105182bb5e8b 5 days ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:71356d2ad59aa3119d 372.7 MB
73bd853d2ea5 13 days ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar 0 B
511136ea3c5a 10 months ago 0 B Imported from -
Display comments in the image history
The docker commit command has a -m flag for adding comments to the image. These comments will be displayed in the image history.
$ sudo docker history docker:scm
IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT
2ac9d1098bf1 3 months ago /bin/bash 241.4 MB Added Apache to Fedora base image
88b42ffd1f7c 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:1fd8d7f9f6557cafc7 373.7 MB
c69cab00d6ef 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar 0 B
511136ea3c5a 19 months ago 0 B Imported from -
HISTORY
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au