Difference between "docker compose" and "docker-compose"
Mar 7
Note: this question was created BEFORE docker docs were updated (it was the reason they were updated - see this answer). Please do not post answers pointing out the docs on the differences :-)
I have been using docker-compose, but noticed there is also a docker compose (without the dash).
I have not been able to quickly determine the differences between the two forms by googling.
Anyone?
docker compose's help:
docker-compose's help:
docker
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Accepted answer · original discussion
Mar 8
Brandon Mitchell from docker's Captain Program replied to the github issue I opened on this as follows:
The docker/compose-cli project is in an in-between state, where it's not available in upstream releases of the docker-cli Linux packages, but is being included in Docker Desktop. The documentation pages normally follow what's in the docker/cli, so having this released to Desktop early puts the documentation in a difficult position. I'm going to raise this issue with the Docker team to see how they'd like to handle it.
Update: from docker github issue:
gtardif commented 2 days ago
compose command reference doc is now live
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Mar 7
compose sub command not listed in the child commands doc. Let's see what the response is.