• Kache@lemm.ee
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    I’ve often been able to alias drun='docker compose run --rm --build' and simplify down to:

    drun test
    

    Should be able to encode all those wayward args into docker-compose.yml or Dockerfile and only use vanilla docker commands – that’s the whole point of containerization

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      1 month ago

      The env file is the weirdest part, the container itself has a required environment variable and if I don’t pass it in command line (only have it in the test compose file) the base compose fails because it has no port.

      Most of the other commands are to merge the compose files so I can keep my base compose file clean!

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        Simpler to keep everything in one compose file if you can, under a test service that doesn’t build unless explicitly named

        Un-weird that env var and use the normal, boring feature of defining environment under your test service

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          The variable is already in the environment, it just doesn’t have a default because it’s required for each container

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              Yep, you can also set defaults, required, alternates, etc

              This discussion did help me realize that my problem was that I forgot an !override on one of my service’s options. Now it’s just merging the two compose files and setting the profile, thanks for that!