Stop and tear down a Podman Compose stack with `podman compose down`

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Documented steps

  1. cd into the project directory (same one used for `up`) or pass `-f path/to/compose.yaml`.
  2. Run `podman compose down` to stop and remove the stack's containers and the networks compose created (images, named volumes, and build cache are kept by default).
  3. Add `-v`/`--volumes` to also remove the project's named volumes, and `--rmi all` (or `local`) to additionally remove service images.
  4. Use the same project name/`-p` used at `up` time so down targets the right resources.
  5. Docs: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose

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