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+docker-derivatives
+==================
+
+To build `alt` images, run:
+
+```
+./build.py -o alt --podman
+```
+
+To build `k8s` images for branch `p10` and push to repository `test_k8s`, run:
+
+```
+./build.py -o k8s -b p10 --overwrite-organization test_k8s --tasks tasks.json --tags tags.json --podman
+```