Should I use docker-compose up or run?

Question

Is there a reason to use run to start up a docker-compose.yml file or should you just use up?

I understand that run

Answer 1

I'd like to point out that if you're using Python with the pdb debugger:

import pdb; pdb.set_trace()

It will not drop to the shell if you execute your script using:

docker-compose up

However if you use run, it will drop down to the debugger as expected:

docker-compose run