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Lazydocker does not detect compose projects in subfolders #743

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Describe the bug
Documentation says "Compose projects located in your current working directory or its subfolders will appear in the Docker Compose panel". This does not appear to be correct.
https://lazydocker.com/2025/06/29/do-i-need-docker-compose-installed-to-use-lazydocker/

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Open lazydocker in a folder with a compose.yaml file located in a subdirectory.
  2. See that the services section is not shown in the lazydocker ui.

Expected behaviour
The UI should match the behaviour described in the documentation. That is, show the services section with services from any compose.yaml files located in subfolders.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04
  • Lazydocker Version: v0.24.3

Additional context
This is more likely intended behavior and an error in the documentation, but it would be nice if I could run lazydocker from anywhere and have visibility into all compose projects in subfolders. I understand searching the directory tree for the files could present problems though.

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