Feature request: devbox shell -p somepackage

[robrich]

It makes it feel a lot like npx. Nothing to install or configure, I just run an isolated command and get results.

[morey-tech]

Thoughts on if something like devbox run <package> could be a better syntax? It follows that of docker. The run signifies that devbox will execute the isolated command and exit. As opposed to shell, which given its current function, could imply that it will stay active after the command has been completed (i.e., a way to install a package in a shell without defining it in the config).

[Lagoja]

We're not totally set on how the CLI will do it, but we are looking into devbox run like functionality for an upcoming release. See #94 for more details and discussion

[Lagoja]

This is now available in Devbox 0.0.7! You can run a one off command in your devbox shell using:

devbox shell -- <cmd>

This will launch a shell based on your devbox.json, run your command, and then exit back to your normal shell. For example:

~ $  devbox shell -- echo "Hello World"
Installing nix packages. This may take a while...
Starting a devbox shell...
Hello World
~ $ 

More info is in our new CLI Docs: https://www.jetpack.io/devbox/docs/cli_reference/devbox_shell/