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Merge pull request #243 from wking/changeset-clarification
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serialization: Remove "changeset" from terminology
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stevvooe authored Sep 2, 2016
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<dl>
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Layer
[Layer](layer.md)
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Images are composed of <i>layers</i>.
Each layer is a set of filesystem changes.
Image filesystems are composed of <i>layers</i>.
Each layer represents a set of filesystem changes in a tar-based [layer format](layer.md), recording files to be added, changed, or deleted relative to its parent layer.
Layers do not have configuration metadata such as environment variables or default arguments - these are properties of the image as a whole rather than any particular layer.
Using a layer-based or union filesystem such as AUFS, or by computing the diff from filesystem snapshots, the filesystem changeset can be used to present a series of image layers as if they were one cohesive filesystem.
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Image JSON
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This JSON is considered to be immutable, because changing it would change the computed ImageID.
Changing it means creating a new derived image, instead of changing the existing image.
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Image Filesystem Changeset
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Each layer has an archive of the files which have been added, changed, or deleted relative to its parent layer.
Using a layer-based or union filesystem such as AUFS, or by computing the diff from filesystem snapshots, the filesystem changeset can be used to present a series of image layers as if they were one cohesive filesystem.
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Layer DiffID
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