leanprover-community / leanprover-community/mathlib4
`bibtool` not available in provided dev container
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Description
I use GitHub Codespaces to contribute to mathlib, and realized today that at https://github.com/leanprover-community/mathlib4/blob/965c7f81663aefc008aa7165ffa5e3ddca9b46d9/docs/references.bib#L3 we ask contributors to run bibtool. However, bibtool is not available on this provided Codespace.
I was able to install it successfully with sudo apt update and sudo apt install bibtool, but ideally it would be provided as part of our Docker image or installed with a postCreateCommand automatically.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with docs/references.bib at line 3 to understand where bibtool is required, then inspect the provided Codespace Docker image and postCreateCommand configuration. Done means bibtool is available automatically in a fresh Codespace, either through the image or post-create setup.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, github
- Domain
- developer-experience, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100