[yjftsjthsd-h]

Okay, I know how docker can mean containers, and I agree that Dockerfiles are quite similar to makefiles, but how does docker relate to source control?

[m463]

Docker keeps a history of changes to the container with layers, and you might arguably treat it like version control.

maybe "docker history" ~ "git log"?? tags=branches?

Docker isn't one thing, so it's ALL grey. It's not really make. It's not really a vm. It's not really even reproducible.

One thing is for certain - it's hard to describe docker to new folks so they get it. "it's sort of like netflix, for cows, but in space..."

[Denvercoder9]

That's the most insane use of Docker I've ever heard of.

[m463]

I'm not saying people use it for vc, it's how docker works. It optimizes your containers using layers and if you do "FROM ubuntu:18.04" in 3 dockerfiles, you only have one copy of the ubuntu stuff.