[hiatus]

> This negates the need for manual mounting.

The documentation you linked says it is a complement not a replacement.

> Compose supports sharing a host directory inside service containers. Watch mode does not replace this functionality but exists as a companion specifically suited to developing in containers.

[alphapug68]

I haven’t had the need to mount anything manually for local development. It entirely replaces it for my needs. This is for a stack using some Postgres databases, dotnet, react, node.js and angular.