support git and local changes in dev containers #7723

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
     "mounts": [
         "source=freqtrade-bashhistory,target=/home/ftuser/commandhistory,type=volume"
     ],
+    "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/workspaces/freqtrade,type=bind,consistency=cached",
     // Uncomment to connect as a non-root user if you've added one. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
     "remoteUser": "ftuser",
 
-    "postCreateCommand": "freqtrade create-userdir --userdir user_data/",
+    "postCreateCommand": "ln -s /freqtrade/.env /workspaces/freqtrade/.env && freqtrade create-userdir --userdir user_data/",
 
-    "workspaceFolder": "/freqtrade/",
+    "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/freqtrade",
 
     "settings": {
         "terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash",
@@ -35,5 +36,6 @@
         "davidanson.vscode-markdownlint",
         "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
         "vscode-icons-team.vscode-icons",
+        "github.copilot",
     ],
 }