iancleary / devcontainer Goto Github PK

Vs code and host system would have the fonts, not the devcontainer. is that right?

Use sd in a just command to change everything with a script

https://dev.to/cloudx/multi-arch-docker-images-the-easy-way-with-github-actions-4k54

Determinate systems Nix install
direnv apk package

FYI: x86_64 containers on ARM Macs run inside qemu-x86_64, which does not emulate seccomp and returns EINVAL instead.

https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/issues/324

Personally, I really like the workflow with NixOS on bare metal.

Host: NixOS
Arch: linux/amd64
Editor: Visual Studio Code in FHS environment: vscode-fhs

/home/iancleary/.config/vscode-docker/start.sh

#!/bin/sh
exec flatpak-spawn --host docker "$@"

Look into ways to make this slimmer

Is this worth the time?

export CDPATH="..:/workspace:/home/vscode"

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/bash-cookbook/0596526784/ch16s05.html

RUN nix run nixpkgs#hello

https://docs.docker.com/build/guide/multi-platform/#update-the-dockerfile

https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/multi-platform/#distribute-build-across-multiple-runners

Merge nix install or custom command per arch, penalty just normal install and setup flakes

Alternative: use matrix.target as the suffix for the file argument, rename standard Dockerfile to match pattern

If the host system can run Nix, just use that package, and install flake support, such that MacOS could use the Determinate Systems install; so, could Linux. If I’m using an Alpine Container, then first ask why I am. The only answer should be if I am deploying an application or I’m on a host that doesn’t have support for the tools that I want in a simpler quicker way. The determinism is a good thing, but the tradeoff needs to be there.

Containers are a good way to encapsulate tools and create a consistent environment. However, they have some overhead on non-linux systems (MacOS and Windows, for example).

The primary use case here is on Windows, when the maintenance of installing the versions of packages in the flake.nix file is cumbersome for myself or for others on the team. Consider the situation, then the return on advancing this further. Using this on MacOS is not going to be worth it, for example. On an amd64 Windows box might be.

https://github.com/casey/just

rust: ## Install rust
rust:
	sudo apt install build-essential
	curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
	source $$HOME/.cargo/env

cargo: ## Install rust crates
cargo:
	cargo install just
	cargo install sd

Lets you install anything from https://search.nixos.org you want, as user