This is handy when your Dockerfile sets a non-root user and you need to quickly debug something.
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0:00 -- Intro
0:18 -- When you might want to do this
0:56 -- Connecting as a non-root user with Docker Compose
1:47 -- Connecting as the root user with the --user flag
2:23 -- Connecting as both users at once
3:51 -- Technically you can use id 0 instead of referencing root too
4:32 -- My projects come with a shortcut to get into a bash prompt
4:47 -- Exec'ing in as the root user works with regular Docker too