Allow cross-platform/per system initializeCommand definition

[Destroy666x]

Not sure if it's the most proper repo to report this (if not, please redirect), but would be nice if there was a way to define initializeCommand per system in any way, so that the setup is truly cross-system. For example:

"initializeCommand": {
  "windows": "rd /s /q somedir",
  "linux": "rm -rf somedir",
  "macos": "..."
}

Use case example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77199011/how-to-create-a-cross-platform-initializecommand-for-visual-studio-codes-dev-co (copying proper .env file before container launch).

[bamurtaugh]

Thanks for filing! I believe this would also be related to (and potentially covered by) #58, #405.

[Destroy666x]

Potentially indeed - assuming "features"/"things" include initiaizeCommand. If yes - looking forwards to that.

[MangelMaxime]

This is indeed something required because depending on the host OS, different commands are needed to prepare the container to run.

In my case, I want to mount the .npmrc from the host system to avoid having to re-login every time I open a container. However, if a machine doesn't have the .npmrc file the mounts will fails.

	// It seems that if the .npmrc file is not present, then the container can't
    // be open. To not force, contributor to have an NPM account,
    // we create a dummy .npmrc file if it doesn't exist
    "initializeCommand": "if [ ! -f ~/.npmrc ]; then touch ~/.npmrc; fi",

    "mounts": [
        // Mount .npmrc from the host machine, to be able to use the host session
        // This allow the user to login on their own machine once and not each time
        // they build a new devcontainer
        "source=${localEnv:HOME}${localEnv:USERPROFILE}/.   ,target=/home/vscode/.npmrc,type=bind,consistency=cached"
    ],

I need to support both scenario to make my life easier as a maintainer but also not force contributor to have an NPM account.

[marystory]

Being able to set up OS-specific InitializeCommand is definitely something I need as well.

Is there a way to choose the shell for executing InitializeCommand? It seems that on Mac, it runs with bash, while on Windows, it runs with PowerShell.

[Bombay268]

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[sdavids]

microsoft/vscode-remote-release#3007 (comment)

[Destroy666x]

That's a nice workaround that works with all types of commands. However, Mac and Linux separation could be needed at times and it'd be a lot more convoluted with those.

[Roboticsense00]

For a true cross-system repository, consider a monorepo

[RaphaelMelanconAtBentley]

For a true cross-system repository, consider a monorepo

How does that solve anything?? A monorepo is just a repo with multiple projects in it that share some base.
Here we want to share a devcontainer configuration between platforms, which has nothing to do with a monorepo.

[Blondee91]