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podman-compose/tests/env-file-tests

running the following commands should always give podman-rocks-123

podman-compose -f project/container-compose.yaml --env-file env-files/project-1.env up
podman-compose -f $(pwd)/project/container-compose.yaml --env-file $(pwd)/env-files/project-1.env up
podman-compose -f $(pwd)/project/container-compose.env-file-flat.yaml up
podman-compose -f $(pwd)/project/container-compose.env-file-obj.yaml up
podman-compose -f $(pwd)/project/container-compose.env-file-obj-optional.yaml up

based on environment variable precedent this command should give podman-rocks-321

ZZVAR1=podman-rocks-321 podman-compose -f $(pwd)/project/container-compose.yaml --env-file $(pwd)/env-files/project-1.env up