[BUG] docker compose watch does not reflect changes when project directory is a symbolic link

[ikemo3]

Description

Description:

When using docker compose watch with a project directory that is a symbolic link, changes are not reflected. This issue does not occur when using the actual directory path.

Expected behavior:

Changes should be detected and reflected by docker compose watch.

Actual behavior:

Changes are not detected. Debug logs show that the comparison is made between the symbolic link path and the actual path, causing the changes to be missed.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a symbolic link for your project directory:

   ln -s ~/git/mypage ~/mypage

2. Run docker compose watch from the symbolic link directory:

   cd ~/mypage
   docker compose watch

3. Make changes to files in the project directory (e.g., src/index.css).
4. See that changes are not detected.

Compose Version

Docker Compose version v2.27.0-desktop.2

Docker Environment

Client:
 Version:    26.1.1
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.14.0-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.27.0-desktop.2
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.29
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.23
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.4
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.1.0
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.8.0
    Path:     /Users/ikemo/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 7
  Running: 7
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 9
 Server Version: 26.1.1
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Using metacopy: false
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: e377cd56a71523140ca6ae87e30244719194a521
 runc version: v1.1.12-0-g51d5e94
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.6.26-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: aarch64
 CPUs: 8
 Total Memory: 7.755GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 83f6c715-1c9b-4513-9660-608ec1d2201b
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/ikemo/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile

Anything else?

Debug logs:

DEBU[0012] change for /Users/ikemo/git/mypage/frontend/src/index.css - comparing with /Users/ikemo/mypage/frontend 
DEBU[0012] change for /Users/ikemo/git/mypage/frontend/src/index.css - comparing with /Users/ikemo/mypage/frontend/package.json