microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release

Allow opening container configuration file before attaching to container

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Description

It would be nice if I could right click on a container in the docker extension and have an option to create/edit the container configuration file before then attaching vscode to the container.

At present, I think I need to attach, edit the configuration file, then reattach to use the configuration.

I had an issue where I changed the underlying container such that the existing container configuration file became invalid and attaching failed, but because I wasn't attached I couldn't edit the configuration file to fix it! I ended up hunting down the config file manually to edit it.

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Research direction

Start from the Docker extension's container context-menu actions and the existing attach flow. Add an option to create or edit the container configuration before attaching, and verify that a configuration can be corrected and then used for a subsequent attach.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, vscode
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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