[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57187: Add devcontainer + Codespaces support

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#57187: Add devcontainer + Codespaces support
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 Reporter:  helen             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  6.2
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |     Focuses:
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Changes (by helen):

 * keywords:  has-patch commit =>


Comment:

 Notes:

 * I think we need to commit the correct permissions on `.devcontainer
 /install-tools.sh` and `.devcontainer/setup.sh` rather than changing them
 at runtime, because otherwise they show as modified which interferes with
 doing version control tasks.
 * It took 11 minutes to get from clicking "create a new codespace" to the
 environment being fully ready with WordPress installed - this is
 manageable with set expectations as a trial run but we need to explore our
 options for bringing this down. It was 2.5 minutes to start the container
 and open VSCode, so I believe it's `npm install` that is taking the bulk
 of the time here. Under 3 minutes total seems ideal to me although it's
 just an arbitrary number. I'll ask for help in understanding our options -
 because contributors should be running the Codespace from a fork in order
 to create a branch and open a PR, I don't think prebuilds work for this
 case.
 * The setup script output is getting lost - at some point in iterations we
 were writing this to `setup.log` which is why it's in the `.gitignore` but
 it's gotten dropped - should decide what to do about that (write it to a
 file, output it to the terminal, something else?). Output to the terminal
 is helpful in reassuring users things are still moving along.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57187#comment:15>
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