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abdurriq merged 10 commits into from
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Add default copilot update to postStartCommand #1624

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c510849
Add postStartCommand to devcontainer feature
cmbrose Apr 16, 2026
71ecdcb
Bump version of copilot-cli to 1.1.0
cmbrose Apr 16, 2026
bcaf3ce
feat: conditionally run copilot update based on use-latest flag file
Copilot Apr 20, 2026
b9d8ef3
Merge pull request #3 from cmbrose/copilot/update-poststartcommand-au…
cmbrose Apr 20, 2026
b7eaaa6
Bump version of copilot-cli to 1.1.1
cmbrose Apr 20, 2026
df52a44
Update devcontainer-feature.json
cmbrose Apr 20, 2026
913be3f
Modify flag file creation for CLI version checks
cmbrose Apr 22, 2026
860495b
Update postStartCommand for Copilot CLI
cmbrose Apr 22, 2026
285d39e
Fix conditional check for CLI version
cmbrose Apr 22, 2026
95192dc
Bump version of copilot-cli to 1.1.2
cmbrose Apr 22, 2026
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/copilot-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
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{
"id": "copilot-cli",
"version": "1.0.0",
"version": "1.1.2",
"name": "GitHub Copilot CLI",
"documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/copilot-cli",
"description": "Installs the GitHub Copilot CLI.",
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"description": "Select version of the GitHub Copilot CLI, if not latest."
}
},
"postStartCommand": "[ -f /etc/devcontainer-copilot-cli/auto-update ] && copilot update || true",
"customizations": {
"vscode": {
"settings": {
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions src/copilot-cli/install.sh
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Expand Up @@ -80,3 +80,9 @@ echo "Downloading GitHub Copilot CLI..."

install_using_github

# Create a flag file if using "latest" or "prerelease" so the postStartCommand knows to auto-update
if [ "${CLI_VERSION}" = "latest" ] || [ "${CLI_VERSION}" = "prerelease" ]; then
mkdir -p /etc/devcontainer-copilot-cli
touch /etc/devcontainer-copilot-cli/auto-update
fi

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