Setting volumes in docker-compose.yml file for windows 10 home - docker

Question

Trying to set up docker so that when I change my project files on my windows machine they are updated in my docker container. From this question I learned that you should use the volumes setting in the docker-compose.yml file.
But I still can't get it to work.
I have tried to set the volumes to (+30 similar combinations):
volumes:
- x
.:/home/app/angular-seed
//c/Users/k/dev/angular-seed/:/home/app/angular-seed
c/Users/k/dev/angular-seed:/home/app/angular-seed
C:/User/k/dev/angular-seed
I have also tried adding a .env file with:
COMPOSE_CONVERT_WINDOWS_PATHS=1
COMPOSE_CONVERT_WINDOWS_PATHS=0
When I do docker-compose up
and set volumes to .:/home/app/angular-seed I get:
ERROR: for angular-seed Cannot create container for service angular-seed: invalid bind mount spec "C:\\Users\\k\\dev\\angular-seed:/home/app/angular-seed:rw": invalid volume specification: 'C:\Users\k\dev\angular-seed:/home/app/angular-seed:rw' [31mERROR[0m: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.
When I set volumes to /c/Users/dev/angular-seed:/home/app/angular-seed I get: ...includes invalid characters for a local volume name, only "[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]" are allowed. If you intented to pass a host directory, use absolute path.
When I set it to C:/User/k/dev/angular-seed I get ...invalid volume specification...
I have checked that Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager have shared folders (Machine Folders) set to:
c/Users \\?\c:\Users (auto mount) yes (Access) full
Other responses I have seen are everything from:
Recreating angular-seed-start
Attaching to angular-seed-start
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm info it worked if it ends with ok
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm info using npm#3.10.3
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm info using node#v6.6.0
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm info lifecycle angular-seed#0.0.0~prestart: angular-seed#0.0.0
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm info lifecycle angular-seed#0.0.0~start: angular-seed#0.0.0
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m > angular-seed#0.0.0 start /home/app/angular-seed
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m > gulp serve.dev --color
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m sh: 1: gulp: not found
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm info lifecycle angular-seed#0.0.0~start: Failed to exec start script
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm ERR! Linux 4.4.43-boot2docker
[36mangular-seed-start |[0m npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
to
[31mERROR[0m: Named volume "c/Users/k/dev/angular-seed:/home/app/angular- seed:rw" is used in service "angular-seed" but no declaration was found in the volumes section.
to
Recreating 90b0444c8ee3_90b0444c8ee3_90b0444c8ee3_90b0444c8ee3_angular-seed-start
ERROR: for angular-seed Cannot create container for service angular-seed: invalid bind mount spec "C:\\Users\\k\\dev\\angular-seed\\dev\\angular-seed:/home/app/angular-seed:rw": invalid volume specification: 'C:\Users\k\dev\angular-seed\dev\angular-seed:/home/app/angular-seed:rw'
[31mERROR[0m: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.
to
Recreating 90b0444c8ee3_90b0444c8ee3_90b0444c8ee3_angular-seed-start
ERROR: for angular-seed Cannot create container for service angular-seed: create \c\Users\k\dev\angular-seed: "\\c\\Users\\k\\dev\\angular-seed" includes invalid characters for a local volume name, only "[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]" are allowed. If you intented to pass a host directory, use absolute path
[31mERROR[0m: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.

Answer 1

Try these lines in your docker-compose.yml file:
volumes:
- /c/Users/k/dev/angular-seed:/home/app/angular-seed