# Optimize cache usage in builds — bind mount using the --mount flag

> docker run --mount=type=bind,src=.,dst=/path/in/container image-name Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text To use bind mounts in a build, you can use the `--mount` flag with the `RUN` instruction in your Dockerfile: ``` FROM golang:latest WORKDIR /build RUN --mo

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docker run --mount=type=bind,src=.,dst=/path/in/container image-name

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
To use bind mounts in a build, you can use the `--mount` flag with the `RUN`
instruction in your Dockerfile:
```

FROM golang:latest WORKDIR /build RUN --mount=type=bind,target=. go build -o /app/hello

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
In this example, the current directory is mounted into the build container at
`/build` before the `go build` command gets executed. The build output is
written to `/app/hello`, which is outside the mount point. This distinction is
important: the build output must be written outside the bind mount target,
since the mount is read-only by default. The source code is available in the
build container for the duration of that `RUN` instruction. When the
instruction is done executing, the mounted files are not persisted in the final
image, or in the build cache. Only the output of the `go build` command
remains.

The `COPY` and `ADD` instructions in a Dockerfile lets you copy files from the
build context into the build container. Using bind mounts is beneficial for
build cache optimization because you're not adding unnecessary layers to the
cache. If you have build context that's on the larger
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
  And a Dockerfile that mounts the current directory into the build container:
```

FROM alpine:latest WORKDIR /work RUN touch foo.txt RUN --mount=type=bind,target=. ls RUN ls

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
  The first `ls` command with the bind mount shows the contents of the mounted
  directory. The second `ls` lists the contents of the original build context.
```

#8 [stage-0 3/5] RUN touch foo.txt #8 DONE 0.1s

#9 [stage-0 4/5] RUN --mount=target=. ls -1 #9 0.040 Dockerfile #9 DONE 0.0s

#10 [stage-0 5/5] RUN ls -1 #10 0.046 foo.txt #10 DONE 0.1s

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