docs: clarify multiple --filter behavior in prune commands#6889
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Document how multiple --filter flags interact in prune commands: different filter keys are ANDed (all conditions must match), while multiple values for the same key are ORed (any value can match). This addresses a gap in the documentation where users could not determine whether multiple filters were combined with AND or OR logic, which is especially important for prune commands where the wrong assumption could lead to unintended data removal. Closes docker#5899 Signed-off-by: Yoan Wainmann <yoan@mreshet.co.il>
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Summary
--filterflags interact in all prune commands (container, image, network, system, volume)--filter "label=foo" --filter "until=24h") are combined using AND logic: an item must satisfy all conditions to be pruned--filter "label=foo" --filter "label=bar") are combined using OR logic: an item is pruned if it matches any of the valuesThis behavior is confirmed by the
Filterstype definition in the Docker client library, which documents: "A filter term is satisfied if any one of the values in the set is a match. An item matches the filters when all terms are satisfied."Test plan
Filterstype contract invendor/github.com/moby/moby/client/filters.goCloses #5899