microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
Dev Containers: Custom Image & Features URL
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Description
We're internally hosting our own dev container images and corresponding features. It works fine, but we'd really like the VSCode UI to show these images and features when you go to the command palette and select "Dev Containers: Add Dev Container Configuration Files...". There doesn't appear to be any setting for a custom image/feature source. This means the UI only shows the ones from Microsoft/GitHub. For now we can construct our .devcontainer.json files by hand, but this would be nice to have!
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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 the "Dev Containers: Add Dev Container Configuration Files..." command and trace how its image and feature choices are sourced. Define how a custom image or feature URL would be configured and surfaced in the VS Code UI, then verify that internally hosted sources appear alongside the existing Microsoft/GitHub choices and can produce a working .devcontainer.json.
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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