features/src/common-utils

Common Debian Utilities (common-utils)

Installs a set of common command line utilities, Oh My Zsh!, and sets up a non-root user.

Example Usage

"features": {
    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:1": {
        "version": "latest"
    }
}

Options

Options Id	Description	Type	Default Value
installZsh	Install ZSH?	boolean	true
installOhMyZsh	Install Oh My Zsh!?	boolean	true
upgradePackages	Upgrade OS packages?	boolean	true
username	Enter name of non-root user to configure or none to skip	string	automatic
uid	Enter uid for non-root user	string	automatic
gid	Enter gid for non-root user	string	automatic
nonFreePackages	Add packages from non-free Debian repository?	boolean	false

Speeding up the command prompt in large repositories

This script provides a custom command prompt that includes information about the git repository for the current folder. However, with certain large repositories, this can result in a slow command prompt since the required git status command can be slow. To resolve this, you can update a git setting to remove the git portion of the command prompt.

To disable the prompt for the current folder's repository, enter the following in a terminal or add it to your postCreateCommand or dotfiles:

git config codespaces-theme.hide-status 1

This setting will survive a rebuild since it is applied to the repository rather than the container.

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