buildah-source-add(1) General Commands Manual buildah-source-add(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

buildah-source-add - Add a source artifact to a source image

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**buildah source add** \[*options*] *path* *artifact*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Add a source artifact to a source image. The artifact will be added as a gzip-compressed tar ball. Add attempts to auto-tar and auto-compress only if necessary.

Note that the buildah-source command and all its subcommands are experimental and may be subject to future changes

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**--annotation** *key=value*

Add an annotation to the layer descriptor in the source-image manifest. The input format is **key=value**.

March 2021 buildah

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Document: buildah-source-add(1) from buildah 1.46.0-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/buildah