diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/treewriter/treewriter.go b/cli/command/formatter/treewriter/treewriter.go
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+package treewriter
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/treewriter/treewriter_test.go b/cli/command/formatter/treewriter/treewriter_test.go
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+package treewriter
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/formatter/tabwriter"
+)
+
+func TestTree(t *testing.T) {
+	var header []string
+	var rows [][]string
+
+	header = []string{"IMAGE/TAGS", "ID", "DISK USAGE", "CONTENT SIZE", "USED"}
+
+	// TODO(thaJeztah): using [][]string doesn't work well for this; we probably
+	// need to create a type for this that has "optional" child records that
+	// we can recurse over to build the tree.
+	rows = append(rows, header)
+	rows = append(rows, [][]string{
+		{"", "alpine:latest", "beefdbd8a1da", "13.6MB", "4.09MB"},
+		{"├─", "linux/amd64", "33735bd63cf8", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"├─", "linux/arm/v6", "50f635c8b04d", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"├─", "linux/arm/v7", "f2f82d424957", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"├─", "linux/arm64/v8", "9cee2b382fe2", "13.6MB", "4.09MB"},
+		{"├─", "linux/386", "b3e87f642f5c", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"├─", "linux/ppc64le", "c7a6800e3dc5", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"├─", "linux/riscv64", "80cde017a105", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"└─", "linux/s390x", "2b5b26e09ca2", "0B", "0B"},
+
+		{"", "namespace/image", "beefdbd8a1da", "13.6MB", "4.09MB"},
+		{"├─", "namespace/image:1", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"├─", "namespace/image:1.0", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"├─", "namespace/image:1.0.0", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"└─", "namespace/image:latest", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/amd64", "33735bd63cf8", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/arm/v6", "50f635c8b04d", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/arm/v7", "f2f82d424957", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/arm64/v8", "9cee2b382fe2", "13.6MB", "4.09MB"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/386", "b3e87f642f5c", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/ppc64le", "c7a6800e3dc5", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/riscv64", "80cde017a105", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   └─", "linux/s390x", "2b5b26e09ca2", "0B", "0B"},
+
+		{"", "internal.example.com/namespace/image", "beefdbd8a1da", "13.6MB", "4.09MB"},
+		{"├─", "internal.example.com/namespace/image:1", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"├─", "internal.example.com/namespace/image:1.0", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"├─", "internal.example.com/namespace/image:1.0.0", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"└─", "internal.example.com/namespace/image:latest", "beefdbd8a1da", "-", "-"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/amd64", "33735bd63cf8", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/arm/v6", "50f635c8b04d", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/arm/v7", "f2f82d424957", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/arm64/v8", "9cee2b382fe2", "13.6MB", "4.09MB"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/386", "b3e87f642f5c", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/ppc64le", "c7a6800e3dc5", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   ├─", "linux/riscv64", "80cde017a105", "0B", "0B"},
+		{"   └─", "linux/s390x", "2b5b26e09ca2", "0B", "0B"},
+	}...)
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	// buf.WriteString("Create a context\n\nDocker endpoint config:\n\n")
+	tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(buf, 20, 1, 3, ' ', 0)
+	for rowNum, cols := range rows {
+		if len(cols) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var treeFix string
+		treeFix, cols = cols[0], cols[1:]
+		if treeFix == "" {
+			// Start of new group
+			if rowNum > 1 {
+				// Print an empty line between groups. We need to write a tab
+				// for each column for the tab-writer to give all groups equal
+				// widths.
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(tw, strings.Repeat("\t", len(cols)))
+			}
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(tw, strings.Join(cols, "\t"))
+		} else {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(tw, treeFix, strings.Join(cols, "\t"))
+		}
+
+	}
+	_ = tw.Flush()
+	fmt.Println(buf.String())
+}