Setup vscode dev container

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

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+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/base:jammy
+
+# These dependencies are required by Nix.
+RUN apt update -y
+RUN apt -y install --no-install-recommends curl xz-utils
+
+# Install Nix 
+ARG NIX_INSTALL_SCRIPT=https://github.com/nix-community/nix-unstable-installer/releases/download/nix-2.23.0pre20240603_da92ad7/install
+RUN curl -L ${NIX_INSTALL_SCRIPT} | sudo -u vscode NIX_INSTALLER_NO_MODIFY_PROFILE=1 sh
+
+# Configuration for Nix from the repository shared amongst developers.
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/nix
+COPY .devcontainer/nix.conf /etc/nix/nix.conf
+# COPY nix.conf /etc/nix/nix.conf
+
+# This loads the development environment when the container is started.
+COPY .devcontainer/profile.sh /etc/profile.d/devcontainer.sh
+
+# COPY /home/vscode/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh /etc/profile.d/devcontainer.sh

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/ubuntu
+{
+	"name": "Ubuntu",
+	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		"context": "..",
+		"args": {
+		  // Options
+		  "NODE_VERSION": "none"
+		}
+	  },
+	// 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": "uname -a",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	// "customizations": {},
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+	"runArgs": ["--userns=keep-id"],
+	"containerUser": "vscode",
+	"updateRemoteUserUID": true,
+	"containerEnv": {
+	  "HOME": "/home/vscode"
+	},
+	"customizations": {
+		"vscode": {
+			"extensions": [
+				"github.vscode-github-actions",
+				"GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github"
+			]
+		}
+	}
+}

.devcontainer/nix.conf

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+experimental-features = nix-command flakes ca-references

.devcontainer/profile.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+PROJECT_DIR=${PROJECT_DIR:-/workspace}
+
+# Make Nix available as it's not installed system-wide.
+if [ -e $HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh ] ; then
+   . $HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
+fi
+
+# Only load the development environment if this is a login shell so calling a
+# shell later on doesn't reload the environment again.
+if shopt -q login_shell; then
+  pushd "${PROJECT_DIR}"
+  eval "$(nix print-dev-env --profile "${PROJECT_DIR}/.devcontainer/.profile")"
+  popd
+fi