Fast mamba containers

devcontainer.json

// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/anaconda
{
	"name": "Fast mamba",
	"build": { 
		"context": "..",
		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
	},

	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
	// "features": {},

	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
	// "forwardPorts": [],

	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
	//"postCreateCommand": "conda init",

	// Configure tool-specific properties. Feel free to remove whatever you don't need.
	"customizations": {
		"vscode": {
			"settings": {
				"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/opt/conda/bin/python"
			},
			"extensions": [
				"GitHub.codespaces",
				"streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
				"ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers",
				"GitHub.copilot",
				"GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github",
				"ms-toolsai.jupyter",
				"DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint",
				"donjayamanne.python-environment-manager",
				"ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack",
				"donjayamanne.python-extension-pack"
			]
		}
	}

	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
	// "remoteUser": "root"
}

Dockerfile

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/miniconda:latest

# Copy environment.yml (if found) to a temp location so we update the environment. Also
# copy "noop.txt" so the COPY instruction does not fail if no environment.yml exists.
RUN conda install -n base -c conda-forge mamba
COPY environment.yml* .devcontainer/noop.txt /tmp/conda-tmp/
RUN if [ -f "/tmp/conda-tmp/environment.yml" ]; then umask 0002 && /opt/conda/bin/mamba env update -n base -f /tmp/conda-tmp/environment.yml; fi \
    && rm -rf /tmp/conda-tmp

# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>

noop.txt

This file copied into the container along with environment.yml* from the parent
folder. This file is included to prevents the Dockerfile COPY instruction from 
failing if no environment.yml is found.