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@locker95 locker95 commented Aug 6, 2026

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People expect `dangling=false` to hide every untagged-looking image. In practice it only drops true dangling leaves (`:`); images that still have a repository but no tag stay in the list.

Documented both sides of the boolean so that difference is obvious.

Fixes #4159

Explain that dangling means untagged leaves (<none>:<none>), and that
dangling=false still includes repo:<none> images, which often look
\"untagged\" but are not dangling.

Fixes docker#4159

Signed-off-by: Dean Chen <862469039@qq.com>
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locker95 requested review from a team and thaJeztah as code owners August 6, 2026 06:46
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dangling=false filter includes dangling images

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