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VSCode docker volume

Using devcontainer vscode save vscode-server on docker volume to share between different containers

It save the vscode-server binary in /vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/<commit id>, each time we upgrade the vscode it add new <commit id> folder

list servers
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docker run -it --rm -v vscode:/vscode busybox ls /vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64

vscode version and commit id

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code -v

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code -v | head -n 2 | tail -n 1

backup

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ver=$(code -v | head -n 1)
docker run --rm \
  -v vscode:/vscode \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  busybox \
  sh -c "tar czf /backup/vscode_volume_${ver}.tar.gz -C /vscode ."

Restore

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ver=$(code -v | head -n 1)
docker run --rm \
  -v vscode:/vscode \
  -v $(pwd):/backup \
  busybox \
  sh -c "tar xzf /backup/vscode_volume_${ver}.tar.gz -C /vscode"

Clean volume

remove all vscode-server old folder
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commit_id=$(code -v | head -n 2 | tail -n 1)
docker run -it --rm \
-v vscode:/vscode busybox \
busybox \
sh -c "cd /vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64 && for d in *; do [ \"\$d\" != \"${commit_id}\" ] && [ -d \"\$d\" ] && rm -rf \"\$d\"; done"