Is it possible to push a docker-compose file along with the Dockerfiles as an image?

[BretFisher]

That's currently not possible. You'd need to keep your compose files along with your Dockerfile in a git repo. An image is a output of building your app from the Dockerfile, and isn't meant to be a transport for dockerfile/compose files. Images do have metadata and docker image history can technically give you Dockerfile commands, but it's not really a replacement for them.

[clemenko]

Why not use a "LABEL" in the Dockerfile that points to the git repo with the Dockerfile and Compose file? We used this in past. Then you can docker inspect the image to retrieve the git address.

docker inspect clemenko/flask_demo | jq .[].ContainerConfig.Labels.GITREPO

[clemenko]

Ha... autoopen the url on a mac.
open $(docker inspect clemenko/flask_demo | jq .[].ContainerConfig.Labels.GITREPO -r)

[BretFisher]

That's a good idea for documentation purposes @clemenko. The unofficial standard for that label is vcs-url from http://label-schema.org which is trying to set best practices around common container labels.

[clemenko]

Cool. didn't know about that site.

[BretFisher]

Note this is now possible with Docker's new "App" tool: https://github.com/docker/app