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An option to provide the docker-compose executable in local mode
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Description
Currently, testcontainers only looks at the PATH to find the docker-compose executable (when running in "local mode"). It would be nice to have a way to explicitly provide it to avoid any PATH manipulation (which is not convenient to write hermetic tests with Bazel for instance).
I would imagine an optional argument to the withLocalCompose function:
public SELF withLocalCompose(boolean localCompose, String executable)
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Research direction
Start at the withLocalCompose function and locate its existing tests. Add coverage for explicitly selecting a docker-compose executable without PATH manipulation, and verify that local mode uses the provided executable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, docker-compose, java
- Domain
- developer-experience, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100