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/usr/bin/manifest-tool

Command line tool to create and query container image manifest list/indexes

From manifest-tool 2.2.2-r22 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running manifest-tool --help (exit 0). permalink

NAME:
   /usr/bin/manifest-tool - registry client to inspect and push multi-platform OCI & Docker v2 images

USAGE:
   /usr/bin/manifest-tool [global options] command [command options]

VERSION:
   2.2.2 (commit: b2e25427f2d1c4af2c52249eefa1afa58f662487)

COMMANDS:
   inspect  fetch image manifests in a container registry
   push     push a manifest list/OCI index entry to a registry with provided image details
   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --debug             enable debug output (default: false)
   --insecure          allow insecure registry communication (default: false)
   --plain-http        allow registry communication over plain http (default: false)
   --username value    registry username
   --password value    registry password
   --docker-cfg value  either a directory path containing a Docker-formatted config.json or a specific JSON file formatted for registry auth (default: "/tmp/.docker")
   --help, -h          show help
   --version, -v       print the version
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
--debugenable debug output (default: false)help
--insecureallow insecure registry communication (default: false)help
--plain-httpallow registry communication over plain http (default: false)help
--username valueregistry usernamehelp
--password valueregistry passwordhelp
--docker-cfg valueeither a directory path containing a Docker-formatted config.json or a specific JSON file formatted for registry auth (default: "/tmp/.docker")help
--help, -hshow helphelp
--version, -vprint the versionhelp

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