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Repository for Dev Container Templates that are managed by Dev Container spec maintainers. See https://github.com/devcontainers/template-starter to create your own!
https://containers.dev/templates
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Seed templates with `dependabot.yml` #231

Closed joshspicer closed 8 months ago

joshspicer commented 8 months ago

Given https://containers.dev/guide/dependabot is now GA, make it as easy as possible for folks to stay up-to-date with Feature updates with Dependabot!

refs: https://github.com/github/codespaces/issues/15875,https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/7000,https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/7000

I recognize it's opinionated to add a .github folder, but given the tight integration with dependabot here (without community alternatives at the moment) I think it's OK. Please feel free to share your thoughts in a discussion (and we're open to considering other additions to these templates if it highly enriches the experience on other platforms!)

joshspicer commented 8 months ago

However, if the community don't like automatic addition of yml, then we can think about updating the VS Code UX with a new prompt.

Agreed! I don't think we currently support excluding files through the VS Code prompt flow, so that's a nice feature to consider and then include here!

We do already a mechanism in place to exclude the metadata files, but this runs too early https://github.com/devcontainers/cli/blob/e12c2800fdbca85cf48cdfa6d3499862526c2ddb/src/spec-configuration/containerTemplatesOCI.ts#L49