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Devcontainer users struggle to open the right workspace

VS Code devcontainer users want the correct .code-workspace file to open automatically, but its location may not line up with the devcontainer configuration. One user reports symlinking files into a generated workspace directory as a workaround, while others ask how to automate opening the workspace and whether the requested setting will be implemented. A separate request for containers per workspace directory points to an adjacent, broader multi-root workflow problem.

For developers using VS Code devcontainers. Mentioned from Sep 2019 to Mar 2022 on GitHub.

3 different people described this problem in 2 separate discussions.

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  1. Right now I'm symlinking the needed files in a generated workspace file's directory, but that seems kind of hacky (details here)
    dslijepcevic on GitHub (microsoft/vscode-remote-release)Oct 2020Asked for a toolHas a workaround
  2. Did you ever figure out how to auto open a code-workspace file when the devcontainer opens?
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