`docker compose watch` doesn't reflect changes as per tutorial

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, docker-compose
Domain
devops, documentation

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Start with the Docker Desktop Learning Center tutorial's step 7 and the develop.watch section in compose.yaml. Run docker compose watch, then change line 18 of app/views/todos.ejs to reproduce the missing live update. Done means the tutorial change is reflected in the running application, with the watch configuration and tutorial behavior consistent.

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Description

In the Docker Desktop Learning Center tutorials, it says (as step 7) to run docker compose watch and then alter line 18 of app/views/todos.ejs to see a live change. However, that doesn't work.

After a quick look at docs, I found that adding this to the develop: watch: section of compose.yaml seems to fix this:

        - path: ./app/views
          target: /usr/src/app/views
          action: rebuild
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