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Override an env-file value explicitly
Docker / Compose: The environment section takes precedence over env_file.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Override an image’s entrypoint at runtime
Docker / Compose: An explicit entrypoint replaces the image entrypoint for this invocation.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Override the image entrypoint in Compose
Docker / Compose: entrypoint and command combine as executable and arguments.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Override the process working directory
Docker / Compose: The workdir option sets the directory for the container command.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Parse a short option with getopts
Read a named option and handle invalid flags explicitly.
getopts✓ Tested
Pass a named configuration value
Docker / Compose: Pass a named configuration value using a locally available Ubuntu image.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Pass a variable to one command
Linux Commands: Use env to supply a child process value without setting it permanently in the parent shell.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Pass an environment variable
Supply configuration without changing an image.
environment✓ Tested
Pass dollar expressions through Compose
Docker / Compose: Double dollar signs defer expansion to the container shell.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Pipe input into a container process
Docker / Compose: The interactive flag keeps standard input open without allocating a terminal.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Prepare an owned directory before dropping root
Docker / Compose: Create and chown the writable application path before USER.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Preserve a feature branch boundary with a merge commit
Git: No-ff records a merge commit even when a fast-forward would be possible.
Git✓ Tested