Run a command inside a running Podman Compose service with `podman compose exec`

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Documented steps

  1. Make sure the stack is up (`podman compose up -d`) and the target service is running.
  2. Run `podman compose exec <service> <command>`, e.g. `podman compose exec db psql -U app`.
  3. Use `-it` for an interactive TTY: `podman compose exec -it app /bin/sh`.
  4. Run as another user with `-u <user>`.
  5. Unlike `run`, exec attaches to an already-running container and does not create one. Docs: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose

Known gotchas

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