github.com/containers/podman/v5@v5.1.0-rc1/docs/source/markdown/options/env-merge.md (about) 1 ####> This option file is used in: 2 ####> podman create, run 3 ####> If file is edited, make sure the changes 4 ####> are applicable to all of those. 5 #### **--env-merge**=*env* 6 7 Preprocess default environment variables for the containers. For example 8 if image contains environment variable `hello=world` user can preprocess 9 it using `--env-merge hello=${hello}-some` so new value is `hello=world-some`. 10 11 Please note that if the environment variable `hello` is not present in the image, 12 then it'll be replaced by an empty string and so using `--env-merge hello=${hello}-some` 13 would result in the new value of `hello=-some`, notice the leading `-` delimiter.