just use an env var for this

README.md

@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ Start the development environment
 $ ./sndev start
 ```
 
+By default all will be run. If you only want to run specific services for specific features, set `COMPOSE_PROFILES` to use one or more of `minimal|images|search|payments`. To only run mininal services without images, search, or payments:
+
+```txt
+$ COMPOSE_PROFILES=minimal ./sndev start
+```
+
+To run with images and payments services:
+
+```txt
+$ COMPOSE_PROFILES=images,payments ./sndev start
+```
+
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 ```txt

sndev

@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ docker__compose() {
     exit 0
   fi
 
-  CURRENT_UID=$(id -u) CURRENT_GID=$(id -g) command docker compose --env-file .env.development "$@"
+  if [ -z "$COMPOSE_PROFILES" ]; then
+    COMPOSE_PROFILES="images,search,payments"
+  fi
+
+  CURRENT_UID=$(id -u) CURRENT_GID=$(id -g) COMPOSE_PROFILES=$COMPOSE_PROFILES command docker compose --env-file .env.development "$@"
 }
 
 docker__exec() {
@@ -74,30 +78,12 @@ EOF
     fi
   fi
 
-  profile=''
+  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-  args='--build'
+    docker__compose up --build
-  while test $# -gt 0; do
+    exit 0
-    case "$1" in
-      --profile)
-        profile="$profile --profile $2"
-        shift
-        shift
-        ;;
-      *)
-        args="$args $1"
-        shift
-        ;;
-    esac
-  done
-
-
-  if [ -z "$profile" ]; then
-    if [ -z "$COMPOSE_PROFILES" ]; then
-      profile="--profile images --profile search --profile payments"
-    fi
   fi
 
-  docker__compose $profile up $args
+  docker__compose up "$@"
 }
 
 sndev__help_start() {
@@ -107,8 +93,7 @@ start the sndev env
 USAGE
   $ sndev start [OPTIONS]
 
-OPTIONS
+OPTIONS"
-      --profile stringArray       Set the profile of services to start (\"base\"|$(docker__compose config --profiles | awk '{ printf "%s\"%s\"", (NR==1? "" : "|"), $0} END{ print "" }')) (default all)"
 
   echo "$help"
   docker__compose up --help | awk '/Options:/{y=1;next}y'
@@ -126,8 +111,7 @@ stop the sndev env
 USAGE
   $ sndev stop [OPTIONS]
 
-OPTIONS
+OPTIONS"
-      --profile stringArray Set the profile of services to start ($(docker__compose config --profiles | awk '{ printf "%s\"%s\"", (NR==1? "" : "|"), $0} END{ print "" }')) (default \"*\")"
 
   echo "$help"
   docker__compose down --help | awk '/Options:/{y=1;next}y'