microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release

Add support for custom building script

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Description

We have project were we use earthly instead of Dockerfile to build our container image. We are still able to use devcontainer by pre-building the image and referencing the built image. However it would be great if it was possible to provide a specific build command.

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Research direction

Start by comparing the current pre-built-image workflow with the requested Earthly-based workflow. Determine where a user could provide a specific build command and define how that command should produce the container image used by devcontainer. Done means a project can build its image through the custom command instead of requiring a Dockerfile.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker
Domain
build-system, devops
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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