Allow overriding default --load flag with --no-load

Author: jacobwgillespie

pkg/cmd/build/build.go

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ func NewCmdBuild() *cobra.Command {
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
-			// If neither --load or --push is specified, we default to --load
-			if !options.exportLoad && !options.exportPush && len(options.outputs) == 0 {
+			// If neither --load or --push is specified, we default to --load (unless --no-load is specified)
+			if !options.noLoad && !options.exportLoad && !options.exportPush && len(options.outputs) == 0 {
 				options.exportLoad = true
 			}
 
@@ -105,5 +105,8 @@ func NewCmdBuild() *cobra.Command {
 	options.pull = flags.Bool("pull", false, "Always attempt to pull all referenced images")
 	flags.StringVar(&options.metadataFile, "metadata-file", "", "Write build result metadata to the file")
 
+	flags.BoolVar(&options.noLoad, "no-load", false, "Overrides the default --load flag")
+	flags.MarkHidden("no-load")
+
 	return cmd
 }

pkg/cmd/build/buildx.go

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ type buildOptions struct {
 	exportPush bool
 	// nolint:structcheck
 	exportLoad bool
+
+	noLoad bool
 }
 
 func runBuild(dockerCli command.Cli, in buildOptions) (err error) {