microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release

Prompt user to select devcontainer config when more than one available.

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Description

Hello,

I was wondering if we could get a similar flow as the one outlined here for codespaces allowing the user to select a devcontainer config when more than one is available.

https://github.com/devcontainers/spec/issues/100#issuecomment-1253942193

Spec Reference

https://github.com/devcontainers/spec/blob/main/docs/specs/devcontainer-reference.md#devcontainerjson

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Research direction

Start by reading the referenced Codespaces discussion and the devcontainer-reference.md specification linked in the issue. Then locate the remote-development flow that discovers multiple devcontainer configurations; done means a user can select among available configurations before one is opened.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
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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