docker-compose and build objects

[davidmarkclements]

given a service in the docker-compose.yml file like:

  foo:
    build:
      context: ../service-path
      args:
        foo: 'some arg'

This will result in

compiling...
Path must be a string. Received { context: '../service-path',
  args: { foo: 'some arg' } }

[davidmarkclements]

just to add:

there's three possible props of the build object

context (non-optional), args, and dockerfile (which may specify a different dockerfile)

https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v2/#build

[davidmarkclements]

in v3 context may also be a git url, https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/#context (this might also be true of path in general...)

[marcfreiheit]

Am I right that I currently can't add a docker-compose file with a build section including context and Dockerfile? Is there any workaround?