COPY command causes compose.up process to fail

I'm using the following Dockerfile inside of a nodejs repository.

  # Pull base image
  FROM node:latest

  # Set working directory
  WORKDIR /usr/src/app

  # Install app dependencies
  COPY package*.json ./
  RUN npm install

  # Copy app files
  COPY . .

  # Start the app
  EXPOSE 3000

  # Run the app
  CMD [ "npm", "start" ]

The COPY package*.json ./ command causes the compose.up() function to fail due to the way source files are configured in serviceTools.js

dockerode-compose/lib/servicesTools.js

Lines 650 to 658 in 7875946

    
           if (dockerfile !== null) { 
        
             obj['dockerfile'] = path.basename(dockerfile); 
        
             let streami = await docker.buildImage( 
        
               { 
        
                 context: buildPath, 
        
                 src: [dockerfile], 
        
               }, 
        
               obj 
        
             );

According to the dockerode docs https://github.com/apocas/dockerode#building-an-image, the value of src must include ALL files that will be referenced in a command such as COPY. Is there a workaround or plan to include files other than Dockerfile in the source files array?

Dove more into the servicesTools.buildDockerImage function and saw that it uses the tarball method if a dockerfile is not specified in the docker-compose.yml. I removed the dockerfile (which was pointing to the default 'Dockerfile' name anyway) and it seems to be working now.

What is the intended use of defining a dockerfile?

	if (dockerfile !== null) {
	obj['dockerfile'] = path.basename(dockerfile);
	let streami = await docker.buildImage(
	{
	context: buildPath,
	src: [dockerfile],
	},
	obj
	);