Run a one-time database migration before the app starts using depends_on service_completed_successfully

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Documented steps

  1. Create a one-shot migration service whose image/command applies migrations and then exits with code 0.
  2. Make the migration service wait for the database to be ready using `depends_on: { db: { condition: service_healthy } }` on the migration service.
  3. Make the application depend on the migration completing: `depends_on: { migrate: { condition: service_completed_successfully } }`.
  4. Run `docker compose up`; the app starts only after the migration container has exited successfully.
  5. Official docs: https://docs.docker.com/compose/how-tos/depends_on/ and the Compose spec.

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