compose/docs/reference/compose_alpha_watch.md

# docker compose alpha watch

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Watch build context for service and rebuild/refresh containers when files are updated

### Options

| Name        | Type | Default | Description                                   |
|:------------|:-----|:--------|:----------------------------------------------|
| `--dry-run` |      |         | Execute command in dry run mode               |
| `--no-up`   |      |         | Do not build & start services before watching |
| `--quiet`   |      |         | hide build output                             |


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introduce experimental watch command (skeletton) Signed-off-by: Nicolas De Loof <nicolas.deloof@gmail.com> 2023-01-11 11:52:19 +01:00			`# docker compose alpha watch`

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move watch from alpha to main command Signed-off-by: Guillaume Lours <705411+glours@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-09-19 16:59:26 +02:00			`Watch build context for service and rebuild/refresh containers when files are updated`
introduce experimental watch command (skeletton) Signed-off-by: Nicolas De Loof <nicolas.deloof@gmail.com> 2023-01-11 11:52:19 +01:00
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watch: build & launch the project at start (#10957) The `alpha watch` command current "attaches" to an already-running Compose project, so it's necessary to run something like `docker compose up --wait` first. Now, we'll do the equivalent of an `up --build` before starting the watch, so that we know the project is up-to-date and running. Additionally, unlike an interactive `up`, the services are not stopped when `watch` exits (e.g. via `Ctrl-C`). This prevents the need to start from scratch each time the command is run - if some services are already running and up-to-date, they can be used as-is. A `down` can always be used to destroy everything, and we can consider introducing a flag like `--down-on-exit` to `watch` or changing the default. Signed-off-by: Milas Bowman <milas.bowman@docker.com> 2023-09-07 19:27:23 +02:00			`\| Name \| Type \| Default \| Description \|`
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			\| `--dry-run` \| \| \| Execute command in dry run mode \|
			\| `--no-up` \| \| \| Do not build & start services before watching \|
			\| `--quiet` \| \| \| hide build output \|
introduce experimental watch command (skeletton) Signed-off-by: Nicolas De Loof <nicolas.deloof@gmail.com> 2023-01-11 11:52:19 +01:00

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