Dev container iteration when using "Inspect volume" flow ideally would mirror bind mounts #3123
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Testing #3099
Right now I'm working on microsoft/vscode-dev-containers#339 to create a development container for Code - OSS. I plan to switch to using the "open repo" flow now that I can iterate on it.
However, as I started using it, I'm not finding it quite as convenient as the bind mount flow. In this case I do the following:
I'd envisioned the workflow for using this inspect feature being like this:
The "inspect volume" that appears in step 2 didn't quite click immediately as something I'd do to fix a Dockerfile issue. Once I was inspecting, I also had no quick way to get back, I had to use the MRU list to do it. This is different enough that I'll likely have to have a second section on iterating in docs to describe it - and it's not quite as natural. Going back to "Open Repo in Conatiner" would force me to re-enter the URL and would actually create a new container even if I reused the same volume.
As I build things out, I'll end up doing this iteration in rapid succession since there's no "debug" flow for Dockerfiles... it's like classic "run plus debug output" workflows. So, this is a frequent flow.
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