Can docker compose skip build if the image is present?

Question

Is it possible to run docker-compose up in such a way that it will only build if the image isn\'t present in the repository?

I\'m working on a test sce

Answer 1

i am using docker-compose v2.1

when we run docker compose up it check image is exist or not. if not exist then only it build that image otherwise it will skip that part

docker-compose

version: '2.1'

services:
  devimage:
    image: nodedockertest
    build: .
    environment:
      NODE_ENV: development
    ports:
      - 8000:8000