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+== Alpine Docker Image ==
+
+A simple mirror of an Alpine linux 3.21 docker image
+
+To use:
+docker run -it --rm git-hojo.devnull.name/docker-base/alpine-alpine:3.21
+
+or use git-hojo.devnull.name/docker-base/alpine-alpine:3.21 in your Dockerfile