OPS: Use postattach instead of postcreate for more powerful devcontainer

Author: thclark

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@
   // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
   "forwardPorts": [80, 443, 5500, 8000],
 
-  // Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
-  // Note: Reverting to use pip requirements until we can install private dependencies in GHA with poetry
-  "postCreateCommand": ". .devcontainer/postcreate.sh",
+  // Use 'postAttachCommand' to run commands after the container is created and attached (ie git is available).
+  // This is preferential to postCreateCommand as invoking git (eg for private poetry installs or addition of
+  // git config preferences) doesn't override injected git configs
+  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/73097009/3556110
+  "postAttachCommand": ". .devcontainer/postattach.sh",
 
   // Comment out connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
   "remoteUser": "vscode",

.devcontainer/postattach.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+# Install dependencies
+poetry install
+
+# Auto set up remote when pushing new branches
+git config --global --add push.autoSetupRemote 1
+
+# Allow precommit to install properly
+git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace
+
+# Install precommit hooks
+pre-commit install && pre-commit install -t commit-msg
+
+# Set zsh history location
+#     This is done in postAttach so it's not overridden by the oh-my-zsh devcontainer feature
+#
+#     We leave you to decide, but if you put this into a folder that's been mapped
+#     into the container, then history will persist over container rebuilds :)
+#
+#     !!!IMPORTANT!!!
+#     Make sure your .zsh_history file is NOT committed into your repository, as it can contain
+#     sensitive information. So in this case, you should add
+#         .devcontainer/.zsh_history
+#     to your .gitignore file.
+export HISTFILE="/workspace/.devcontainer/.zsh_history"
+
+# Add aliases to zshrc file
+echo '# Aliases to avoid typing "python manage.py" repeatedly' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'alias dj="python manage.py"' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'alias djmm="python manage.py makemigrations"' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'alias djm="python manage.py migrate"' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'alias djr="python manage.py runserver"' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'alias djreset="python manage.py reset_db -c"' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'alias djs="python manage.py shell_plus"' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'alias dju="python manage.py show_urls"' >> ~/.zshrc

.devcontainer/postcreate.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "django-svelte-jsoneditor"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 description = "A widget for django's JSONField using the latest-and-greatest Json Editor"
 authors = ["Tom Clark <[email protected]>"]
 license = "MIT"