# crane mutate > Modify image labels and annotations. > The container must be pushed to a registry, and the manifest is updated there. > More information: . - New annotations to set (default []): `crane mutate {{[-a|--annotation]}}/{{[-l|--label]}} {{annotation/label}}` - Path to tarball/command/entrypoint/environment variable/exposed-ports to append to image: `crane mutate {{--append}}/{{--cmd}}/{{--entrypoint}}/{{[-e|--env]}}/{{--exposed-ports}} {{var1 var2 ...}}` - Path to new tarball of resulting image: `crane mutate {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/tarball}}` - Repository in the form os/arch{{/variant}}{{:osversion}}{{,}} to push mutated image: `crane mutate --set-platform {{platform_name}}` - New tag reference to apply to mutated image: `crane mutate {{[-t|--tag]}} {{tag_name}}` - New user to set: `crane mutate {{[-u|--user]}} {{username}}` - New working dir to set: `crane mutate {{[-w|--workdir]}} {{path/to/workdir}}` - Display help: `crane mutate {{[-h|--help]}}`