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0 pointswhilenot-dev1y ago0 comments

Both should do exacly the same, they are just installed differently. docker compose is installed as docker CLI plugin (Linux only), and docker-compose is installed as standalone binary.

See ref: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/#scenario-two-instal...

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tristan9571y ago

There are subtle differences between the two and not exactly the same.

whilenot-devOP1y ago

That would be news to me, as both are pointing to the exact same GitHub repository[0]. Can you name the differences?

[0]: https://github.com/docker/compose

thangngoc891y ago

Previous docker-compose was a separate program, written in Python if I remember correctly, people usually preferred to them as v1. Later docker incorporated it into the docker binary itself as a subcommand so that’s v2

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