From a3f7f5bf5012f813449d86dc149a654b16dce188 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Konstantin Tretyakov <220083+konstantint@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 21:37:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Mention the need to escape dollar signs within
 HASHED_PASSWORD in docker-compose.

That is not self-evident and mentioning it might save someone some frustration and debugging time.
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 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e00e96b..971009e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ git config --global user.email "email address"
 
 How to create the [hashed password](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md#can-i-store-my-password-hashed).
 
+Note that when the hashed password is specified within `docker-compose`, all `$` characters in it should be escaped as `$$` to prevent `docker-compose` from interpreting them as variable notation. 
+
 ## Usage
 
 Here are some example snippets to help you get started creating a container.