docs: document complex artifact transfer

open-component-model · Nov 20, 2024 · 4b79a7a · 4b79a7a
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diff --git a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocicmds/artifacts/transfer/cmd.go b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocicmds/artifacts/transfer/cmd.go
@@ -62,12 +62,23 @@ Sources may be specified as
 - dedicated artifacts with repository and version or tag
 - repository (without version), which is resolved to all available tags
 - registry, if the specified registry implementation supports a namespace/repository lister,
-  which is not the case for registries conforming to the OCI distribution specification.`,
+  which is not the case for registries conforming to the OCI distribution specification.
+
+Note that there is an indirection of "ocm oci artifact" to "ocm transfer artifact" out of convenience.`,
 		Example: `
-$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/mandelsoft/kubelink:v1.0.0 gcr.io
-$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/mandelsoft/kubelink gcr.io
-$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/mandelsoft/kubelink gcr.io/my-project
+Simple:
+$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/open-component-model/kubelink:v1.0.0 gcr.io
+$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/open-component-model/kubelink gcr.io
+$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/open-component-model/kubelink gcr.io/my-project
 $ ocm oci artifact transfer /tmp/ctf gcr.io/my-project
+
+# Transfer an artifact from a CTF into an OCI Repository:
+# 1. Get the link to all artifacts in the CTF with "ocm get artifact $PATH_TO_CTF",
+$ ocm get artifact $PATH_TO_CTF
+REGISTRY                                                               REPOSITORY
+CommonTransportFormat::$PATH_TO_CTF/ component-descriptors/ocm.software/ocmcli
+# 2. Then use any combination to form an artifact reference:
+$ ocm transfer artifact  CommonTransportFormat::$PATH_TO_CTF//component-descriptors/ocm.software/ocmcli ghcr.io/open-component-model/ocm:latest
 `,
 		Annotations: map[string]string{"ExampleCodeStyle": "bash"},
 	}

diff --git a/docs/reference/ocm_transfer_artifacts.md b/docs/reference/ocm_transfer_artifacts.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Sources may be specified as
 - registry, if the specified registry implementation supports a namespace/repository lister,
   which is not the case for registries conforming to the OCI distribution specification.
 
+Note that there is an indirection of "ocm oci artifact" to "ocm transfer artifact" out of convenience.
+
 If the repository/registry option is specified, the given names are interpreted
 relative to the specified registry using the syntax
 
@@ -76,10 +78,19 @@ linked library can be used:
 ### Examples
 
 ```bash
-$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/mandelsoft/kubelink:v1.0.0 gcr.io
-$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/mandelsoft/kubelink gcr.io
-$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/mandelsoft/kubelink gcr.io/my-project
+Simple:
+$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/open-component-model/kubelink:v1.0.0 gcr.io
+$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/open-component-model/kubelink gcr.io
+$ ocm oci artifact transfer ghcr.io/open-component-model/kubelink gcr.io/my-project
 $ ocm oci artifact transfer /tmp/ctf gcr.io/my-project
+
+# Transfer an artifact from a CTF into an OCI Repository:
+# 1. Get the link to all artifacts in the CTF with "ocm get artifact $PATH_TO_CTF",
+$ ocm get artifact $PATH_TO_CTF
+REGISTRY                                                               REPOSITORY
+CommonTransportFormat::$PATH_TO_CTF/ component-descriptors/ocm.software/ocmcli
+# 2. Then use any combination to form an artifact reference:
+$ ocm transfer artifact  CommonTransportFormat::$PATH_TO_CTF//component-descriptors/ocm.software/ocmcli ghcr.io/open-component-model/ocm:latest
 ```
 
 ### SEE ALSO