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containers‐storage set‐metadata [options [...]] layerOrImageOrContainerNameOrID ‐f | ‐‐metadata‐file filename ‐m | ‐‐metadata value
containers‐storage set‐metadata ‐m "compression: gzip" my‐layer
containers‐storage‐metadata(1)