Question

A development team uses GitHub Codespaces for a Python project. New team members report that they must manually install the same VS Code extensions and Python linter every time they create a new codespace. The lead wants these tools installed automatically whenever anyone opens a codespace for the repository. What should the team configure?

Accepted Answer

A devcontainer.json file in the repository that specifies the required extensions and post-create setup

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A GitHub Actions workflow that runs on the codespace start event

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Each developer's personal VS Code settings sync profile

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A .gitignore entry that preserves the installed extensions between sessions