From 6ace314215ce1ee9e0ea0ec7b60dad9abc17d85c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quentin McGaw Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:44:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs(dev): improve devcontainer readme --- .devcontainer/README.md | 30 +++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/.devcontainer/README.md b/.devcontainer/README.md index efb76ae10..4ee3868d1 100644 --- a/.devcontainer/README.md +++ b/.devcontainer/README.md @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ Development container that can be used with VSCode. -It works on Linux, Windows and OSX. +It works on Linux, Windows (WSL2) and OSX. ## Requirements - [VS code](https://code.visualstudio.com/download) installed - [VS code dev containers extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers) installed - [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop) installed and running -- [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) installed ## Setup @@ -17,36 +16,29 @@ It works on Linux, Windows and OSX. ```sh touch ~/.gitconfig ~/.zsh_history - mkdir -p ~/.ssh ``` -1. **For Docker on OSX**: ensure the project directory and your home directory `~` are accessible by Docker. +1. **For OSX hosts**: ensure your home directory `~` is accessible by Docker. 1. Open the command palette in Visual Studio Code (CTRL+SHIFT+P). -1. Select `Dev Containers: Open Folder in Container...` and choose the project directory. +1. Select `Dev-Containers: Open Folder in Container...` and choose the project directory. -## Customizations +## Customization -For customizations to take effect, you should "rebuild and reopen": +For any customization to take effect, you should "rebuild and reopen": 1. Open the command palette in Visual Studio Code (CTRL+SHIFT+P) -2. Select `Dev Containers: Rebuild Container` +2. Select `Dev-Containers: Rebuild Container` -Customizations available are notably: - -- Extend the Docker image in [Dockerfile](Dockerfile). For example add curl to it: - - ```Dockerfile - FROM qmcgaw/godevcontainer - RUN apk add curl - ``` +Changes you can make are notably: +- Changes to the Docker image in [Dockerfile](Dockerfile) - Changes to VSCode **settings** and **extensions** in [devcontainer.json](devcontainer.json). -- Change the entrypoint script by adding a bind mount in [devcontainer.json](devcontainer.json) of a shell script to `/root/.welcome.sh` to replace the [current welcome script](https://github.com/qdm12/godevcontainer/blob/master/shell/.welcome.sh). For example: +- Change the entrypoint script by adding in [devcontainer.json](devcontainer.json) a bind mount to a shell script to `/root/.welcome.sh` to replace the [current welcome script](https://github.com/qdm12/godevcontainer/blob/master/shell/.welcome.sh). For example: ```json // Welcome script { - "source": "./.welcome.sh", + "source": "/yourpath/.welcome.sh", "target": "/root/.welcome.sh", "type": "bind" }, @@ -63,4 +55,4 @@ Customizations available are notably: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password ``` -- More customizations available are documented in the [devcontainer.json reference](https://containers.dev/implementors/json_reference/). +- More options are documented in the [devcontainer.json reference](https://containers.dev/implementors/json_reference/).