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re-word the help for docker import to make it clear that this will be an empty image containing only the files in the tar file

Sven Dowideit authored on 2013/11/16 19:49:42
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@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdKill(args ...string) error {
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 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdImport(args ...string) error {
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-	cmd := cli.Subcmd("import", "URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]", "Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball(.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz).")
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+	cmd := cli.Subcmd("import", "URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]", "Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.")
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 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {
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 		return nil
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@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ Displaying image hierarchy
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     Usage: docker import URL|- [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
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-    Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball
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+    Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball 
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+    (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.
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 At this time, the URL must start with ``http`` and point to a single
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 file archive (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) containing a