podman-devcontainer

A simple podman wrapper to make it work with DevContainers. Just a quick way to get Podman playing nice with your dev setup.

Usage

1. Create a script file at ~/.local/bin/podman-devcontainer (or anywhere in your PATH).
2. Copy-paste the script in.
3. In VS Code, add this to your settings (or do something similar in your editor):

   {
     "dev.containers.dockerPath": "podman-devcontainer"
   }

4. Done! 🎉

Using with Distrobox

If you're running distrobox, you'll want to create another wrapper to make sure it runs outside the container:

#!/bin/bash
distrobox-host-exec podman-devcontainer "$@"

This ensures podman-devcontainer runs on the host instead of inside distrobox.

Personally, I use a separate home directory for distrobox, which makes keeping things organized even easier.

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Been using this setup for over a year—zero issues. Works like a charm! 🚀