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+package docker
+
+import (
+	"dagger.io/dagger"
+)
+
+#Ref: string
+
+// Build a docker container image
+#Build: {
+	source: dagger.#Dir
+
+	image: #compute: [
+		dagger.#DockerBuild & {context: source},
+	]
+}
+
+#Run: {
+	args: [...string]
+
+	// image may be a remote image ref, or a computed artifact
+	{
+		image: #Ref
+		out: #compute: [
+			dagger.#FetchContainer & {ref: image},
+			dagger.#Exec & {"args":        args},
+		]
+
+	} | {
+		image: _
+		out: #compute: [
+			dagger.#Load & {from:   image},
+			dagger.#Exec & {"args": args},
+		]
+	}
+}