microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release

Allow specifying user environment variables for Remote - Containers

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Description

It would be very good if we could specify environment variables in the Remote - Containers Vscode settings level, so we could set passwords there for example, that would be automatically exposed to the containers, similarly with what happens today with Codespaces secrets set inside of GitHub configuration.

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Research direction

Start with the Remote - Containers VS Code settings and compare them with the Codespaces secrets behavior described in the issue; no source files or tests are named. Done means users can specify environment variables at the settings level and have them exposed to containers, with the intended handling of passwords clarified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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