Stopping the Application and Automatically Updating Services with Compose Watch

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Press `ctrl+c` in the terminal to stop your application.

## Automatically update services

Use Compose Watch to automatically update your running Compose services as you
edit and save your code. For more details about Compose Watch, see
[Use Compose Watch](/manuals/compose/how-tos/file-watch.md).

Open your `docker-compose.yaml` file in an IDE or text editor and then add the
Compose Watch instructions. The following is the updated `docker-compose.yaml`

Title: Stopping the Application and Automatically Updating Services with Compose Watch

Summary

Instructions on stopping the application using Ctrl+C in the terminal, and introduces Compose Watch as a method to automatically update running Compose services as code is edited and saved. It also includes a link to more details about Compose Watch, and mentions updating the `docker-compose.yaml` file to include Compose Watch instructions.