error when trying to build the image via TRAMP

[CDitzel]

Hi Ian,

I tried to build Docker on a remote machine both by copying the file to the remote then connecting via TRAMP and then using

#+BEGIN_SRC docker-build :dir "." :tag test 
FROM python:3.8-slim-buster AS compile-image
#+END_SRC

and also by trying

#+BEGIN_SRC docker-build :dir "/ssh:my-ip:~/." :tag test 
FROM python:3.8-slim-buster AS compile-image
#+END_SRC

However, I get

unable to prepare context: path "/ssh:my_ip~/." not found

or sometimes

unable to prepare context: unable to evaluate symlinks in Dockerfile path: lstat /ssh:ditzel@myip#7678:: no such file or directory

any ideas what going on here?

[ifitzpat]

sorry for the slow response, I just noticed this comment. The directory is passed directly to docker build so indeed the docker cli command wouldn't understand the tramp reference. I'll have a think how I can implement this functionality.