Test before pushing your image (docs)

README.md

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   * [Local registry](docs/advanced/local-registry.md)
   * [Export image to Docker](docs/advanced/export-docker.md)
   * [Share built image between jobs](docs/advanced/share-image-jobs.md)
+  * [Test your image before pushing it](docs/advanced/test-before-push.md)
   * [Handle tags and labels](docs/advanced/tags-labels.md)
   * [Update DockerHub repo description](docs/advanced/dockerhub-desc.md)
 * [Customizing](#customizing)
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 * [Local registry](docs/advanced/local-registry.md)
 * [Export image to Docker](docs/advanced/export-docker.md)
 * [Share built image between jobs](docs/advanced/share-image-jobs.md)
+* [Test your image before pushing it](docs/advanced/test-before-push.md)
 * [Handle tags and labels](docs/advanced/tags-labels.md)
 * [Update DockerHub repo description](docs/advanced/dockerhub-desc.md)
 

docs/advanced/test-before-push.md

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+# Test your image before pushing it
+
+In some cases, you might want to validate that the image works as expected
+before pushing it.
+
+The workflow below will be composed of several steps to achieve this:
+* Build and export the image to Docker
+* Test your image
+* Multi-platform build and push the image
+
+```yaml
+name: ci
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+
+env:
+  TEST_TAG: user/myapp:test
+
+jobs:
+  docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      -
+        name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+      -
+        name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      -
+        name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      -
+        name: Build and export to Docker
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          context: .
+          load: true
+          tags: ${{ env.TEST_TAG }}
+      -
+        name: Test
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm ${{ env.TEST_TAG }}
+      -
+        name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          context: .
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          tags: user/app:latest
+```
+
+> :bulb: Build time will not be increased with this workflow because internal
+> cache for `linux/amd64` will be used from previous step on `Build and push`
+> step so only `linux/arm64` will be actually built.