What is the easiest way to globally enable optional .env.local in Docker Compose?

[0x131315]

In Makefile i use this way:

include .env
-include .env.local
-include local.mk
export

//other code

What is the easiest way to GLOBALLY enable OPTIONAL .env.local in Docker Compose?

In issues and official docs i have found the following options, but they are not simple:

• env_file - support optional files, but not globally, requires too many edits when there are a lot of services
• COMPOSE_ENV_FILES - globally, but does not support optional files

I use Docker Compose version 2.32.4

[ndeloof]

There's no such mechanism offered by Docker Compose.
.env is the sole supported source to define variables to be applied for interpolation.