How should I reference OS specific folders in docker compose?-CodePudding

In docker compose files we can have volumes with the path to local folders. Mac and windows of course have different user home directories. I am distributing the compose to people different OS. What is the best way to reference a users home folder so we dont have to change all the volume mounts every time?

volumes:
  - ~/.ssh:~/.ssh     (mac/linux)
  - C:/Users/myuser/.ssh:~/.ssh      (windows)

Is there any way to define properties based on OS (similar to maven)? Something like this:

properties:
  - home_folder: OS == windows? '%HOMEPATH%' : '~'
volumes:
  - ${home_folder}/.ssh:~/.ssh

CodePudding user response：

Even though Windows uses %...% for environment variables, docker-compose.yml recognize $HOME notation.

You just need to run :

SET HOME=%HOMEPATH%

before running docker-compose up