feat(container): add Podman runtime support with configurable settings #22
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Add Podman as an alternative container runtime alongside Apple Containerization,
with configurable runtime settings.
Changes:
- Add RuntimeConfig struct to config with name, privileged, and flags fields
- Implement Podman runtime with full Runtime interface support
- Use --systemd=always for systemd support in Podman containers
- Apply --privileged and custom flags from config to podman run
- Update runtime initialization to select runtime based on config
- Default to Podman when runtime.name is not specified
- Add comprehensive unit tests for Podman runtime
Example configuration:
```yaml
runtime:
name: podman # "podman" or "apple"
privileged: false
flags:
- "--memory=2g"
```
Closes JMG-22
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Address review feedback: - Remove --format json from podman inspect (Podman outputs JSON by default) - Use time.RFC3339Nano for parsing CreatedAt with RFC3339 fallback 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The session creation in manager.go was hardcoded to use `container exec` (Apple CLI) regardless of the configured runtime. When using Podman, this caused sessions to fail immediately because Podman containers aren't visible to the Apple container CLI. Added ExecCommand() method to the Runtime interface that returns the appropriate exec command prefix for each runtime: - Apple: ["container", "exec"] - Podman: ["podman", "exec"] The Manager now uses m.runtime.ExecCommand() when building the command for multiplexer sessions, ensuring the correct CLI is used. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add feature parity with Podman runtime by supporting the same configuration options for Apple Containerization. Both runtimes now accept privileged mode and custom flags from the runtime config. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Current behavior: Only Apple Containerization runtime was supported with hardcoded configuration and no runtime selection options New behavior: Supports both Podman and Apple Containerization runtimes with configurable privileged mode and custom flags. Runtime selection based on config with Podman as default. Dependency checking updated to verify runtime-specific binaries. Both runtimes support unified configuration through RuntimeConfig struct. Closes: #22
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Summary
runtime.name,privileged, andflagsoptionsruntime.name: appleChanges
Configuration (
internal/config/config.go)RuntimeConfigstruct withname,privileged, andflagsfieldsruntime.name(must bepodmanorapple)podmanwithprivileged: falsePodman Runtime (
internal/container/podman.go)Runtimeinterface:Run,Exec,Stop,Start,Remove,Get,List,Build--systemd=alwaysfor systemd support--privilegedwhen configuredflagsto everypodman runinvocationRuntime Selection (
internal/cmd/root.go)runtime.nameconfigTests (
internal/container/podman_test.go)Example Configuration
Test plan
just checkpasses (format, lint, test)Closes JMG-22
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