(Optionally) ask for project name at Docker compose start

[rugk]

Use case: If you use Docker compose, you may have multiple project names for one docker-compose.yml in order to start/stop different "instances".
I want to quickly switch between them/execute them, preferably with Ctrl+Shift+P.

Solution: Docker has the COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME variable or -p parameter for this.

Suggestion: It would be great if you could ask for the project name (at least optionally) when you try to run one of the Docker compose commands.

[bwateratmsft]

You may find this useful for your use case: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/containers/reference#_command-customization

You could customize several different Compose Up commands and choose which one you want to run.

[rugk]

Indeed, thanks, this is a nice solution too, for now.
However, it seems to be missing docker.commands.composeRestart, i.e. the quite handy "Docker compose restart" command.
It asks for these then (one time for up and one for down), but that is not really convenient.

[karolz-ms]

Docker will be adding project name as a Compose spec property: compose-spec/compose-spec#106

I believe this will cover your needs @rugk, but if not, or if you have other suggestions, please share!

[rugk]

Thanks, yeah. That does it exactly! 😃