Exclude Services or have multiple compose projects

[aarondel4]

What's a good approach to having a dcproj that uses a different base compose file that includes fewer services?

I tried copying the dcproj and docker-compose.yml, renaming to be unique, changing ProjectGuid, and then commenting out the unwanted services.

When I start the second project, it still runs docker-compose.yml

I saw an issue about having multiple projects, but the way it's described as being implemented, the base docker-compose.yml is still executed: #121

"The order of execution in any docker-compose command will be as follows:
{docker-compose main file} {docker-compose override file} [Additional compose files]* {generated files}"

I'm not sure how I'd use an additional compose file to remove services from the base one the way this is being overlayed?

It seems surprising that a dcproj that doesn't reference docker-compose.yml still runs it. Just my opinion, but this would be a little bit like a csproj file always looking for and compiling a Program.cs, even if one wasn't included in the project, just because it's a convention. If it is a convention, fine, let the project template add+reference one in a new project template, but that's where the convention should stop. If that default file is removed/excluded and a different one is added to the project, then don't try to run docker-compose since it is not referenced in the project. IMO the convention should be implemented in initial project generation from template, but execution/running project should be driven by what is actually referenced in the project so a dev can remove the docker-compose.yml and use a different base yml.

[NCarlsonMSFT]

If your goal is to sometimes run only some of the services, I recommend using subset of services feature.

If you feel that multiple compose files /projects are what you need then part 1 and 2 of this comment detail how to get that working. Most notably either putting the projects in separate folders or using DockerComposeBaseFilePath to differentiate the compose files used.

[yunyanng]

Is it possible to make the filename for docker-compose.vs.debug.yml and docker-compose.vs.release.yml which are use to override the {generated files}, follow DockerComposeBaseFilePath's value?

I described an use case in this comment