add --mproj to support multimodal model packaging

cmd/cli/commands/package.go

@@ -24,16 +24,29 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/model-runner/cmd/cli/desktop"
 )
 
+// validateAbsolutePath validates that a path is absolute and returns the cleaned path
+func validateAbsolutePath(path, name string) (string, error) {
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(path) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf(
+			"%s path must be absolute.\n\n"+
+				"See 'docker model package --help' for more information",
+			name,
+		)
+	}
+	return filepath.Clean(path), nil
+}
+
 func newPackagedCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var opts packageOptions
 
 	c := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "package (--gguf <path> | --safetensors-dir <path> | --from <model>) [--license <path>...] [--context-size <tokens>] [--push] MODEL",
+		Use:   "package (--gguf <path> | --safetensors-dir <path> | --from <model>) [--license <path>...] [--mmproj <path>] [--context-size <tokens>] [--push] MODEL",
 		Short: "Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact.",
-		Long: "Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact, with optional licenses. The package is sent to the model-runner, unless --push is specified.\n" +
+		Long: "Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact, with optional licenses and multimodal projector. The package is sent to the model-runner, unless --push is specified.\n" +
 			"When packaging a sharded GGUF model, --gguf should point to the first shard. All shard files should be siblings and should include the index in the file name (e.g. model-00001-of-00015.gguf).\n" +
 			"When packaging a Safetensors model, --safetensors-dir should point to a directory containing .safetensors files and config files (*.json, merges.txt). All files will be auto-discovered and config files will be packaged into a tar archive.\n" +
-			"When packaging from an existing model using --from, you can modify properties like context size to create a variant of the original model.",
+			"When packaging from an existing model using --from, you can modify properties like context size to create a variant of the original model.\n" +
+			"For multimodal models, use --mmproj to include a multimodal projector file.",
 		Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if err := requireExactArgs(1, "package", "MODEL")(cmd, args); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -66,13 +79,11 @@ func newPackagedCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 			// Validate GGUF path if provided
 			if opts.ggufPath != "" {
-				if !filepath.IsAbs(opts.ggufPath) {
-					return fmt.Errorf(
-						"GGUF path must be absolute.\n\n" +
-							"See 'docker model package --help' for more information",
-					)
+				var err error
+				opts.ggufPath, err = validateAbsolutePath(opts.ggufPath, "GGUF")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
-				opts.ggufPath = filepath.Clean(opts.ggufPath)
 			}
 
 			// Validate safetensors directory if provided
@@ -107,13 +118,29 @@ func newPackagedCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			for i, l := range opts.licensePaths {
-				if !filepath.IsAbs(l) {
-					return fmt.Errorf(
-						"license path must be absolute.\n\n" +
-							"See 'docker model package --help' for more information",
-					)
+				var err error
+				opts.licensePaths[i], err = validateAbsolutePath(l, "license")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Validate chat template path if provided
+			if opts.chatTemplatePath != "" {
+				var err error
+				opts.chatTemplatePath, err = validateAbsolutePath(opts.chatTemplatePath, "chat template")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Validate mmproj path if provided
+			if opts.mmprojPath != "" {
+				var err error
+				opts.mmprojPath, err = validateAbsolutePath(opts.mmprojPath, "mmproj")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
-				opts.licensePaths[i] = filepath.Clean(l)
 			}
 
 			// Validate dir-tar paths are relative (not absolute)
@@ -146,6 +173,7 @@ func newPackagedCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	c.Flags().StringVar(&opts.chatTemplatePath, "chat-template", "", "absolute path to chat template file (must be Jinja format)")
 	c.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.licensePaths, "license", "l", nil, "absolute path to a license file")
 	c.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.dirTarPaths, "dir-tar", nil, "relative path to directory to package as tar (can be specified multiple times)")
+	c.Flags().StringVar(&opts.mmprojPath, "mmproj", "", "absolute path to multimodal projector file")
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.push, "push", false, "push to registry (if not set, the model is loaded into the Model Runner content store)")
 	c.Flags().Uint64Var(&opts.contextSize, "context-size", 0, "context size in tokens")
 	return c
@@ -159,6 +187,7 @@ type packageOptions struct {
 	fromModel        string
 	licensePaths     []string
 	dirTarPaths      []string
+	mmprojPath       string
 	push             bool
 	tag              string
 }
@@ -305,6 +334,14 @@ func packageModel(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, client *desktop.Clien
 		}
 	}
 
+	if opts.mmprojPath != "" {
+		cmd.PrintErrf("Adding multimodal projector file from %q\n", opts.mmprojPath)
+		pkg, err = pkg.WithMultimodalProjector(opts.mmprojPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("add multimodal projector file: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Check if we can use lightweight repackaging (config-only changes from existing model)
 	useLightweight := opts.fromModel != "" && pkg.HasOnlyConfigChanges()
 

cmd/cli/docs/reference/docker_model_package.yaml

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ command: docker model package
 short: |
     Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact.
 long: |-
-    Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact, with optional licenses. The package is sent to the model-runner, unless --push is specified.
+    Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact, with optional licenses and multimodal projector. The package is sent to the model-runner, unless --push is specified.
     When packaging a sharded GGUF model, --gguf should point to the first shard. All shard files should be siblings and should include the index in the file name (e.g. model-00001-of-00015.gguf).
     When packaging a Safetensors model, --safetensors-dir should point to a directory containing .safetensors files and config files (*.json, merges.txt). All files will be auto-discovered and config files will be packaged into a tar archive.
     When packaging from an existing model using --from, you can modify properties like context size to create a variant of the original model.
-usage: docker model package (--gguf <path> | --safetensors-dir <path> | --from <model>) [--license <path>...] [--context-size <tokens>] [--push] MODEL
+    For multimodal models, use --mmproj to include a multimodal projector file.
+usage: docker model package (--gguf <path> | --safetensors-dir <path> | --from <model>) [--license <path>...] [--mmproj <path>] [--context-size <tokens>] [--push] MODEL
 pname: docker model
 plink: docker_model.yaml
 options:
@@ -69,6 +70,15 @@ options:
       experimentalcli: false
       kubernetes: false
       swarm: false
+    - option: mmproj
+      value_type: string
+      description: absolute path to multimodal projector file
+      deprecated: false
+      hidden: false
+      experimental: false
+      experimentalcli: false
+      kubernetes: false
+      swarm: false
     - option: push
       value_type: bool
       default_value: "false"

cmd/cli/docs/reference/model_package.md

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # docker model package
 
 <!---MARKER_GEN_START-->
-Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact, with optional licenses. The package is sent to the model-runner, unless --push is specified.
+Package a GGUF file, Safetensors directory, or existing model into a Docker model OCI artifact, with optional licenses and multimodal projector. The package is sent to the model-runner, unless --push is specified.
 When packaging a sharded GGUF model, --gguf should point to the first shard. All shard files should be siblings and should include the index in the file name (e.g. model-00001-of-00015.gguf).
 When packaging a Safetensors model, --safetensors-dir should point to a directory containing .safetensors files and config files (*.json, merges.txt). All files will be auto-discovered and config files will be packaged into a tar archive.
 When packaging from an existing model using --from, you can modify properties like context size to create a variant of the original model.
+For multimodal models, use --mmproj to include a multimodal projector file.
 
 ### Options
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ When packaging from an existing model using --from, you can modify properties li
 | `--from`            | `string`      |         | reference to an existing model to repackage                                            |
 | `--gguf`            | `string`      |         | absolute path to gguf file                                                             |
 | `-l`, `--license`   | `stringArray` |         | absolute path to a license file                                                        |
+| `--mmproj`          | `string`      |         | absolute path to multimodal projector file                                             |
 | `--push`            | `bool`        |         | push to registry (if not set, the model is loaded into the Model Runner content store) |
 | `--safetensors-dir` | `string`      |         | absolute path to directory containing safetensors files and config                     |