Adding podman support as a fallback

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My mac didn't have docker install but podman, it is almost a drop in replacement, but aliasing docker to podman didn't work. So I vibed this change (Full Disclosure - used opencode).

Seem to be working.

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2 issues found across 1 file

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<file name="packages/cli/src/main.ts">

<violation number="1" location="packages/cli/src/main.ts:820">
P1: Podman fallback is unused for start/stop/update: runtime defaults to "docker" and these commands never run detection, so Podman-only environments will still try to execute docker and fail.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="packages/cli/src/main.ts:935">
P2: Compose tool detection ignored: commands still call `${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} compose`, failing when only standalone docker-compose/podman-compose is available</violation>
</file>

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P1: Podman fallback is unused for start/stop/update: runtime defaults to "docker" and these commands never run detection, so Podman-only environments will still try to execute docker and fail.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At packages/cli/src/main.ts, line 820:

<comment>Podman fallback is unused for start/stop/update: runtime defaults to "docker" and these commands never run detection, so Podman-only environments will still try to execute docker and fail.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -782,7 +817,7 @@ async function runStart(options: { detach: boolean }) {
   }
 
-  const upResult = spawnSync("docker", args, {
+  const upResult = spawnSync(CONTAINER_RUNTIME, args, {
     stdio: options.detach ? "pipe" : "inherit",
   });
</file context>

[cubic-dev-ai]

P2: Compose tool detection ignored: commands still call ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} compose, failing when only standalone docker-compose/podman-compose is available

Prompt for AI agents

Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At packages/cli/src/main.ts, line 935:

<comment>Compose tool detection ignored: commands still call `${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} compose`, failing when only standalone docker-compose/podman-compose is available</comment>

<file context>
@@ -896,9 +931,13 @@ async function runStatus() {
-    stdio: "inherit",
-  });
+  spawnSync(
+    CONTAINER_RUNTIME,
+    ["compose", "-f", STANDALONE_COMPOSE_FILE, "ps"],
+    {
</file context>