cd - Change directory command in Docker?

Question

In docker I want to do this:

git clone XYZ
cd XYZ
make XYZ

However because there is no cd command, I have to pass in the full path everytime (make XYZ /fullpath). Any good solutions for this?

Answer 1

To change into another directory use WORKDIR. All the RUN, CMD and ENTRYPOINT commands after WORKDIR will be executed from that directory.

RUN git clone XYZ 
WORKDIR "/XYZ"
RUN make