How to add a comment in a Dockerfile

Question

Hello guys, I have created Dockerfile and I wanted to know that how do I add comments in this file? I s there any way in docker which allows to add comment option that takes the rest of a line and ignores it?

Answer 1

Here is what you have to do.

Try using # and it will treat the whole line as a comment in your docker file.

For example:

# Everything on this line is a comment