This docker image aims to be a convenient way of compiling Haskell for Windows, while still running Linux.
docker run -v "$PWD:/appdata" koalaman/winghc cabal yourcommand
All of cabal and ghc's temp files will be stored in /appdata, which is here mounted as the current directory. This is also the working directory in the container.
For the case of running cabal update, install --dependencies-only and
build, there's a convenience script cuib. Here's an example of
building a shellcheck.exe:
git clone https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck
cd shellcheck && docker run -v "$PWD:/appdata" koalaman/winghc cuib
This should result in a shellcheck.exe somewhere in dist/.