if you run a post*Command you get an integrated terminal that runs the command(s) and outputs:
Running the PostCreateCommand from devcontainer.json...
[2709 ms] Start: Run in container: ...
Done. Press any key to close the terminal.
is there a way to have this auto close and open a user terminal or just leave it and open a user terminal as if you werent running any commands from devcontainer.json at all?
Using an example involving Python, you can try using postAttachCommand:
{
"postCreateCommand": ["poetry", "install"],
"postAttachCommand": "bash"
}
which gives:
Running the postCreateCommand from devcontainer.json...
[28000 ms] Start: Run in container: poetry install
Installing dependencies from lock file
No dependencies to install or update
Installing the current project: project (0.1.0)
Running the postAttachCommand from devcontainer.json...
[33815 ms] Start: Run in container: /bin/sh -c bash
root@a0fd27a3b2cc:/workspaces/directory#
The description for postCreateCommand reads:
A command to run after creating the container. This command is run after "updateContentCommand" and before "postStartCommand".
whereas the description for postAttachCommand specifies:
A command to run when attaching to the container. This command is run after "postStartCommand".
So other variations might be possible, but this one worked for me.