Run a one-off command in a new container for a service with podman compose run

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Documented steps

  1. cd into the Compose project directory.
  2. Run `podman compose run --rm <service> <command>`, e.g. `podman compose run --rm web python manage.py migrate`.
  3. `--rm` removes the one-off container after the command exits (recommended).
  4. Add `-T` to disable TTY allocation in non-interactive/CI contexts where there is no terminal.
  5. The one-off container is created from the service's image and uses the service's environment/volumes but publishes no mapped ports.
  6. Docs: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-compose.1.html and https://github.com/containers/podman-compose

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