buildx(imagetools): implement create func with metadata parsing

Signed-off-by: CrazyMax <1951866+crazy-max@users.noreply.github.com>

__tests__/buildx/imagetools.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2026 actions-toolkit authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi} from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
+
+import {Buildx} from '../../src/buildx/buildx.js';
+import {ImageTools} from '../../src/buildx/imagetools.js';
+import {Context} from '../../src/context.js';
+import {Exec} from '../../src/exec.js';
+
+const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(process.env.TEMP || os.tmpdir(), 'buildx-imagetools-'));
+const metadataFile = path.join(tmpDir, 'imagetools-metadata.json');
+
+vi.spyOn(Context, 'tmpDir').mockImplementation((): string => {
+  fs.mkdirSync(tmpDir, {recursive: true});
+  return tmpDir;
+});
+
+vi.spyOn(Context, 'tmpName').mockImplementation((): string => {
+  return metadataFile;
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  rimraf.sync(tmpDir);
+});
+
+describe('create', () => {
+  it('parses metadata and supports cwd sources', async () => {
+    const getCommand = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      command: 'docker',
+      args: ['buildx', 'imagetools', 'create']
+    });
+    const buildx = {getCommand} as unknown as Buildx;
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      metadataFile,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        'containerimage.descriptor': {
+          mediaType: 'application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json',
+          digest: 'sha256:19ffeab6f8bc9293ac2c3fdf94ebe28396254c993aea0b5a542cfb02e0883fa3',
+          size: 4654
+        },
+        'image.name': 'docker.io/user/app,docker.io/user/app2'
+      })
+    );
+
+    const execSpy = vi.spyOn(Exec, 'getExecOutput').mockResolvedValue({
+      exitCode: 0,
+      stdout: '',
+      stderr: ''
+    });
+
+    const result = await new ImageTools({buildx}).create({
+      sources: ['cwd://descriptor.json', 'docker.io/library/alpine:latest'],
+      tags: ['docker.io/user/app:latest']
+    });
+
+    expect(getCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['imagetools', 'create', '--tag', 'docker.io/user/app:latest', '--metadata-file', metadataFile, '--file', 'descriptor.json', 'docker.io/library/alpine:latest']);
+    expect(execSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('docker', ['buildx', 'imagetools', 'create'], {
+      ignoreReturnCode: true,
+      silent: true
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      digest: 'sha256:19ffeab6f8bc9293ac2c3fdf94ebe28396254c993aea0b5a542cfb02e0883fa3',
+      descriptor: {
+        mediaType: 'application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json',
+        digest: 'sha256:19ffeab6f8bc9293ac2c3fdf94ebe28396254c993aea0b5a542cfb02e0883fa3',
+        size: 4654
+      },
+      imageNames: ['docker.io/user/app', 'docker.io/user/app2']
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('does not parse metadata in dry-run mode', async () => {
+    const getCommand = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      command: 'docker',
+      args: ['buildx', 'imagetools', 'create']
+    });
+    const buildx = {getCommand} as unknown as Buildx;
+
+    const execSpy = vi.spyOn(Exec, 'getExecOutput').mockResolvedValue({
+      exitCode: 0,
+      stdout: '',
+      stderr: ''
+    });
+
+    const result = await new ImageTools({buildx}).create({
+      sources: ['docker.io/library/alpine:latest'],
+      dryRun: true
+    });
+
+    expect(getCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['imagetools', 'create', '--dry-run', 'docker.io/library/alpine:latest']);
+    expect(execSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('docker', ['buildx', 'imagetools', 'create'], {
+      ignoreReturnCode: true,
+      silent: true
+    });
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});

src/buildx/imagetools.ts

@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import fs from 'fs';
 import {Buildx} from './buildx.js';
+import {Context} from '../context.js';
 import {Exec} from '../exec.js';
 
-import {Manifest as ImageToolsManifest} from '../types/buildx/imagetools.js';
+import {CreateOpts, CreateResponse, CreateResult, Manifest as ImageToolsManifest} from '../types/buildx/imagetools.js';
 import {Image} from '../types/oci/config.js';
 import {Descriptor, Platform} from '../types/oci/descriptor.js';
 import {Digest} from '../types/oci/digest.js';
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ export class ImageTools {
     return await this.getCommand(['inspect', ...args]);
   }
 
+  public async getCreateCommand(args: Array<string>) {
+    return await this.getCommand(['create', ...args]);
+  }
+
   public async inspectImage(name: string): Promise<Record<string, Image> | Image> {
     const cmd = await this.getInspectCommand([name, '--format', '{{json .Image}}']);
     return await Exec.getExecOutput(cmd.command, cmd.args, {
@@ -118,4 +124,72 @@ export class ImageTools {
   public async attestationDigests(name: string, platform?: Platform): Promise<Array<Digest>> {
     return (await this.attestationDescriptors(name, platform)).map(attestation => attestation.digest);
   }
+
+  public async create(opts: CreateOpts): Promise<CreateResult | undefined> {
+    const args: Array<string> = [];
+
+    const metadataFile = Context.tmpName({tmpdir: Context.tmpDir(), template: 'imagetools-metadata-XXXXXX'});
+    const fileSources: Array<string> = [];
+    const sources: Array<string> = [];
+    for (const source of opts.sources) {
+      if (source.startsWith('cwd://')) {
+        const fileSource = source.substring('cwd://'.length);
+        if (fileSource.length > 0) {
+          fileSources.push(fileSource);
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+      sources.push(source);
+    }
+    if (opts.tags) {
+      for (const tag of opts.tags) {
+        args.push('--tag', tag);
+      }
+    }
+    if (opts.platforms) {
+      for (const platform of opts.platforms) {
+        args.push('--platform', platform);
+      }
+    }
+    if (opts.dryRun) {
+      args.push('--dry-run');
+    } else {
+      args.push('--metadata-file', metadataFile);
+    }
+    for (const fileSource of fileSources) {
+      args.push('--file', fileSource);
+    }
+    for (const source of sources) {
+      args.push(source);
+    }
+
+    const cmd = await this.getCreateCommand(args);
+    return await Exec.getExecOutput(cmd.command, cmd.args, {
+      ignoreReturnCode: true,
+      silent: true
+    }).then(res => {
+      if (res.stderr.length > 0 && res.exitCode != 0) {
+        throw new Error(res.stderr.trim());
+      }
+      if (!opts.dryRun) {
+        if (!fs.existsSync(metadataFile)) {
+          return undefined;
+        }
+        const dt = fs.readFileSync(metadataFile, {encoding: 'utf-8'}).trim();
+        if (dt === '' || dt === 'null') {
+          return undefined;
+        }
+        const response = <CreateResponse>JSON.parse(dt);
+        const descriptor = response['containerimage.descriptor'];
+        if (!descriptor) {
+          return undefined;
+        }
+        return {
+          digest: response['containerimage.digest'] || descriptor.digest,
+          descriptor: descriptor,
+          imageNames: response['image.name'] ? response['image.name'].split(',').map(name => name.trim()) : []
+        };
+      }
+    });
+  }
 }

src/types/buildx/imagetools.ts

@@ -26,3 +26,23 @@ export interface Manifest extends Versioned {
   manifests?: Descriptor[];
   annotations?: Record<string, string>;
 }
+
+// https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/buildx/imagetools/create/#options
+export interface CreateOpts {
+  sources: Array<string>;
+  tags?: Array<string>;
+  platforms?: Array<string>;
+  dryRun?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface CreateResponse {
+  'containerimage.digest'?: Digest;
+  'containerimage.descriptor'?: Descriptor;
+  'image.name'?: string;
+}
+
+export interface CreateResult {
+  digest: Digest;
+  descriptor: Descriptor;
+  imageNames: Array<string>;
+}