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KyleBarton 3a84ec38ac Introduce MVP Dev Containers support (#44442)
Partially addresses #11473 

MVP of dev containers with the following capabilities:

- If in a project with `.devcontainer/devcontainer.json`, a pop-up
notification will ask if you want to open the project in a dev
container. This can be dismissed:
<img width="1478" height="1191" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-08 at 3 15
23 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ec2e20d6-28ec-4495-8f23-4c1d48a9ce78"
/>
- Similarly, if a `devcontainer.json` file is in the project, you can
open a devcontainer (or go the devcontainer.json file for further
editing) via the `open remote` modal:


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/61f2fdaa-2808-4efc-994c-7b444a92c0b1

*Limitations*

This is a first release, and comes with some limitations:
- Zed extensions are not managed in `devcontainer.json` yet. They will
need to be installed either on host or in the container. Host +
Container sync their extensions, so there is not currently a concept of
what is installed in the container vs what is installed on host: they
come from the same list of manifests
- This implementation uses the [devcontainer
CLI](https://github.com/devcontainers/cli) for its control plane. Hence,
it does not yet support the `forwardPorts` directive. A single port can
be opened with `appPort`. See reference in docs
[here](https://github.com/devcontainers/cli/tree/main/example-usage#how-the-tool-examples-work)
- Editing devcontainer.json does not automatically cause the dev
container to be rebuilt. So if you add features, change images, etc, you
will need to `docker kill` the existing dev container before proceeding.
- Currently takes a hard dependency on `docker` being available in the
user's `PATH`.


Release Notes:

- Added ability to Open a project in a DevContainer, provided a
`.devcontainer/devcontainer.json` is present

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Co-authored-by: Danilo Leal <daniloleal09@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Danilo Leal <67129314+danilo-leal@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-12-10 12:10:43 -08:00

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