Code-Server as Container 📦

This project optimizes the Code-Server container image from linuxserver.io.

📖 General

The container is based on the latest linuxserver/code-server image.

🚀 Starship prompt

The Starship prompt is added an enabled as default. Default config uses Emojis and FiraCode icons.

🔱 git config

Adds default system config with:

• enabled plain credential store for remote.
• enabled bash completion for git command.
• added git log helper lg1 + lg2

💡 See gitconfig-system for details.

🧙 Added install-devruntime helper script

Added install-devruntime to help installing common runtime in container. This helps reducing the image size.

install-devruntime is used to install optional runtimes for developing in a
code-server container environment.

Syntax: install-devruntime RUNTIME ...
RUNTIME         [dotnet|golang|nodejs|powershell]
  dotnet        Installs latest LTS dotnet core sdk + runtime.
  golang        Installs golang 1.19.3.
  nodejs        Installs latest NodeJs LTS version.
  powershell    Installs latest PowerShell LTS version.
-h              Prints this help messagee.
disablemotd     Disables hint in new bash terminal
setcode         Sets VS Code user setting with basic (Fira Code)

Example 1: install-devruntime dotnet
Example 2: install devruntime golang nodejs

💳 Credits

• Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash

• A huge thanks to tuanpham for sharing his code-server font patch.