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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions compose/compose-file/compose-file-v1.md
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Expand Up @@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ It's recommended that you use reverse-DNS notation to prevent your labels from c
Link to containers in another service. Either specify both the service name and
a link alias (`SERVICE:ALIAS`), or just the service name.

> Links are a legacy option. We recommend using
> [networks](#networks) instead.

web:
links:
- db
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Expand Up @@ -702,6 +702,9 @@ It's recommended that you use reverse-DNS notation to prevent your labels from c
Link to containers in another service. Either specify both the service name and
a link alias (`"SERVICE:ALIAS"`), or just the service name.

> Links are a legacy option. We recommend using
> [networks](#networks) instead.

web:
links:
- "db"
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Expand Up @@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ specifying both the container name and the link alias (`CONTAINER:ALIAS`).
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> If you're using the [version 2 or above file format](compose-versioning.md#version-2), the externally-created containers
must be connected to at least one of the same networks as the service which is
linking to them. Starting with Version 2, [links](compose-file-v2#links) are a
linking to them. [Links](compose-file-v2#links) are a
legacy option. We recommend using [networks](#networks) instead.
>
> This option is ignored when [deploying a stack in swarm mode](/engine/reference/commandline/stack_deploy.md)
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