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devcontainer — Use a Docker container as a development environment. More information: <https://containers.dev/imple

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Problem

How to use the devcontainer command: Use a Docker container as a development environment. More information: <https://containers.dev/implementors/reference/>.

Solution

devcontainer — Use a Docker container as a development environment. More information: <https://containers.dev/implementors/reference/>.

Create and run a Dev Container:

devcontainer up

Apply a Dev Container Template to a workspace:

devcontainer templates apply {{[-t|--template-id]}} {{template_id}} {{[-a|--template-args]}} {{template_args}} {{[-w|--workspace-folder]}} {{path/to/workspace}}

Execute a command on a running Dev Container in the current workspace:

devcontainer exec {{command}}

Build a Dev Container image from devcontainer.json:

devcontainer build {{path/to/workspace}}

Read and print the configuration of a Dev Container from devcontainer.json:

devcontainer read-configuration

Code Snippets

Create and run a Dev Container

devcontainer up

Apply a Dev Container Template to a workspace

devcontainer templates apply {{[-t|--template-id]}} {{template_id}} {{[-a|--template-args]}} {{template_args}} {{[-w|--workspace-folder]}} {{path/to/workspace}}

Execute a command on a running Dev Container in the current workspace

devcontainer exec {{command}}

Build a Dev Container image from `devcontainer.json`

devcontainer build {{path/to/workspace}}

Read and print the configuration of a Dev Container from `devcontainer.json`

devcontainer read-configuration

Context

tldr-pages: common/devcontainer

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