# "Extends" functionality

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/extends-functionality/4437>\
**Category:** balenaEngine\
**Created:** [November 16, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/extends-functionality/4437 "2018-11-16T14:56:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![tmigone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/tmigone/32/2814_2.png) [@tmigone](https://forums.balena.io/u/tmigone)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/extends-functionality/4437/1 "2018-11-16T14:56:56Z")

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Hi, are there any plans on implementing docker-compose extends functionality?

> **[Share Compose configurations between files and projects](https://docs.docker.com/compose/extends/)**
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> Compose supports two methods of sharing common configuration: Extending an entire Compose file by using multiple Compose files Extending individual services with the extends field Multiple Compose files Using multiple...

Is there any way of handling multiple yml files? I’m sitting at a huge config file and would love to be able to split it.