Why aren’t my Django file changes reflected in the container when using Docker Compose?

I've set up my Django project with Nginx and uWSGI as described in this guide

I am now containerizing the project using docker and docker compose. When I run docker build, my file updates are applied correctly, but with docker compose the changes (for example, in django_app/my_app/template/pattern_form.html.j2) are not reflected in the container.

The Dockerfile is:

DOCKERFILECopied
FROM python:3.10-alpine

# Install Imagemagick package
# gcc and more are required to build the uswgi wheel
RUN apk add imagemagick imagemagick-dev imagemagick-pdf gcc python3-dev build-base linux-headers pcre-dev curl

# set environment variables
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

COPY requirements.txt /

RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

COPY django_app/ /app

COPY uwsgi.ini / 

WORKDIR /app

RUN python ./manage.py migrate
RUN python ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput

The docker-compose configuration is:

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services:
  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine

  celery_worker:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
    image: celery
    command: celery -A bg_upgrades worker -l info
    env_file:
      - ./docker_env
    depends_on:
      - redis

  uwsgi:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
    image: uwsgi
    env_file:
      - ./docker_env
    command: uwsgi --ini /uwsgi.ini
    volumes:
      - django_app:/app/
      - socket:/sock/
    depends_on:
      - redis

  nginx:
    build:
      context: ./nginx
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
    volumes:
      - django_app:/app/
      - socket:/sock/
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - uwsgi
      - celery_worker
    ports:
      - 80:80

volumes:
  django_app:
  socket:

So far, I've tried:

• Running docker compose up -d --build --force-recreate
• Building without cache using docker compose build --no-cache
• Deleting all containers and images manually
• Changing image names in docker-compose.yml
• Adding RUN rm -Rf /app/* before the COPY step in the Dockerfile
• Running docker compose down before restarting

I need the updated files in my host project to reflect inside the container when using docker compose. Any insights into why this might be happening, or how to resolve this inconsistency, would be greatly appreciated.