# container commit

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Create a new image from a container's changes

### Aliases

`docker container commit`, `docker commit`

### Options

| Name              | Type     | Default | Description                                                |
|:------------------|:---------|:--------|:-----------------------------------------------------------|
| `-a`, `--author`  | `string` |         | Author (e.g., `John Hannibal Smith <hannibal@a-team.com>`) |
| `-c`, `--change`  | `list`   |         | Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image          |
| `-m`, `--message` | `string` |         | Commit message                                             |
| `-p`, `--pause`   |          |         | Pause container during commit                              |


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## Description

See [docker commit](commit.md) for more information.
