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feat: add cleanup feature for user caches and temporary files #69

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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions .github/.devcontainer/cleanup/devcontainer-feature.json
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{
"id": "cleanup",
"version": "1.0.0",
"name": "Cleanup",
"description": "Remove user caches and temporary files (for example ~/.cache/R). Intended to run last.",
"installsAfter": [
"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils",
"./quarto-computing-dependencies",
"./uv",
"./chrome",
"./decktape",
"./tinytex",
"ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer-features/quarto-cli",
"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli"
]
}
68 changes: 68 additions & 0 deletions .github/.devcontainer/cleanup/install.sh
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#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail

USERNAME=${USERNAME:-${_REMOTE_USER:-"automatic"}}

# Resolve username
if [ "${USERNAME}" = "auto" ] || [ "${USERNAME}" = "automatic" ]; then
USERNAME=""
POSSIBLE_USERS=("vscode" "node" "codespace" "$(awk -v val=1000 -F":" '$3==val{print $1}' /etc/passwd)")
for CURRENT_USER in "${POSSIBLE_USERS[@]}"; do
if id -u "${CURRENT_USER}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
USERNAME=${CURRENT_USER}
break
fi
done
if [ "${USERNAME}" = "" ]; then
USERNAME=root
fi
elif ! id -u "${USERNAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
USERNAME=root
fi

echo "[cleanup] Running cleanup feature as user: ${USERNAME}"

# Determine home directory for the target user
if [ "${USERNAME}" = "root" ]; then
USER_HOME="/root"
else
USER_HOME=$(eval echo "~${USERNAME}")
fi

echo "[cleanup] Target home: ${USER_HOME}"

cleanup_paths=(
"${USER_HOME}/.cache"
"${USER_HOME}/.local/share/Trash"
"${USER_HOME}/tmp"
"${USER_HOME}/.npm/_cacache"
)

for path in "${cleanup_paths[@]}"; do
if [ -e "${path}" ]; then
echo "[cleanup] Removing: ${path}"
rm -rf "${path}" || true
else
echo "[cleanup] Not found: ${path}"
fi
done

echo "[cleanup] Cleaning system temporary files"
if [ -d "/tmp" ]; then
echo "[cleanup] Removing: /tmp/*"
rm -rf /tmp/* || true
fi

echo "[cleanup] Cleaning package manager caches"
if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "[cleanup] Running: apt-get clean"
apt-get clean || true

if [ -d "/var/lib/apt/lists" ]; then
echo "[cleanup] Removing: /var/lib/apt/lists/*"
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* || true
fi
fi

echo "[cleanup] Done."
45 changes: 30 additions & 15 deletions .github/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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"IMAGE": "${localEnv:IMAGE}"
},
"options": [
"--label", "org.opencontainers.image.title=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_TITLE}",
"--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.title=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_TITLE}",
"--label", "org.opencontainers.image.description=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_DESCRIPTION}",
"--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.description=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_DESCRIPTION}",
"--label", "org.opencontainers.image.authors=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_AUTHORS}",
"--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.authors=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_AUTHORS}",
"--label", "org.opencontainers.image.url=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.url=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--label", "org.opencontainers.image.source=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.source=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--label", "org.opencontainers.image.version=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_VERSION}",
"--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.version=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_VERSION}",
"--label", "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_LICENSE}",
"--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_LICENSE}"
"--label",
"org.opencontainers.image.title=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_TITLE}",
"--annotation",
"org.opencontainers.image.title=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_TITLE}",
"--label",
"org.opencontainers.image.description=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_DESCRIPTION}",
"--annotation",
"org.opencontainers.image.description=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_DESCRIPTION}",
"--label",
"org.opencontainers.image.authors=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_AUTHORS}",
"--annotation",
"org.opencontainers.image.authors=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_AUTHORS}",
"--label",
"org.opencontainers.image.url=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--annotation",
"org.opencontainers.image.url=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--label",
"org.opencontainers.image.source=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--annotation",
"org.opencontainers.image.source=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
"--label",
"org.opencontainers.image.version=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_VERSION}",
"--annotation",
"org.opencontainers.image.version=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_VERSION}",
"--label",
"org.opencontainers.image.licenses=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_LICENSE}",
"--annotation",
"org.opencontainers.image.licenses=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_LICENSE}"
]
},
"remoteUser": "${localEnv:USER}",
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"installTinyTex": "false",
"installChromium": "false"
},
"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {}
"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {},
"./cleanup": {}
}
}