github.com/containers/podman/v5@v5.1.0-rc1/docs/source/markdown/options/disable-compression.md (about) 1 ####> This option file is used in: 2 ####> podman build, farm build 3 ####> If file is edited, make sure the changes 4 ####> are applicable to all of those. 5 #### **--disable-compression**, **-D** 6 7 Don't compress filesystem layers when building the image unless it is required 8 by the location where the image is being written. This is the default setting, 9 because image layers are compressed automatically when they are pushed to 10 registries, and images being written to local storage only need to be 11 decompressed again to be stored. Compression can be forced in all cases by 12 specifying **--disable-compression=false**.