Unable to add devcontainer configuration files for 'datascience-python-r'

[vbuzin]

Configuration
OS: macOS Sequoia 15.3.1
VSCode: 1.97.2
Dev Containers Ext: 0.397.0

An attempt to add devcontainer configuration files to a workspace for 'datascience-python-r' results in the following:

[62 ms] Dev Containers 0.397.0 in VS Code 1.97.2 (e54c774e0add60467559eb0d1e229c6452cf8447).
[62 ms] Initializing configuration support...
[63 ms] Internal initialization of dev container support package...
[7791 ms] Entering createDevContainerConfig_v2
[18588 ms] Preparing to apply Template 'ghcr.io/microsoft/datascience-py-r/datascience-python-r'
[18592 ms] Running Dev Containers CLI:   templates apply --workspace-folder /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884235244 --template-id ghcr.io/microsoft/datascience-py-r/datascience-python-r --template-args {} --features [] --tmp-dir /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-dir-1739884235244 --log-level debug --omit-paths []
[18630 ms] ProxyResolver#loadSystemCertificates count
[18632 ms] ProxyResolver#loadSystemCertificates count filtered
[18633 ms] Start: Run: /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) /Users/sbuzin/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.397.0/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js templates apply --workspace-folder /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884235244 --template-id ghcr.io/microsoft/datascience-py-r/datascience-python-r --template-args {} --features [] --tmp-dir /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-dir-1739884235244 --log-level debug --omit-paths []
[18777 ms] [2025-02-18T13:10:35.433Z] @devcontainers/cli 0.73.0. Node.js v20.18.1. darwin 24.3.0 arm64.
[18780 ms] [2025-02-18T13:10:35.436Z] Loading 19 extra certificates from /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/vsch/certificates-0a3c1e87cf2e7c1a5500fad469eb3d4125f0a8b5fad65b5d97fb0cf429701fe3.pem.
[19010 ms] [2025-02-18T13:10:35.666Z] Start: Run: docker-credential-desktop get
[19141 ms] [2025-02-18T13:10:35.797Z] Stop (131 ms): Run: docker-credential-desktop get
[20049 ms] [2025-02-18T13:10:36.705Z] Files to omit: 'devcontainer-template.json, README.md, NOTES.md'
[20092 ms] [Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884235244/.git/objects/0a/50104a2a92c3264e5aceb4680e1335ea290c4f'] {
[20092 ms]   errno: -13,
[20093 ms]   code: 'EACCES',
[20093 ms]   syscall: 'open',
[20093 ms]   path: '/var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884235244/.git/objects/0a/50104a2a92c3264e5aceb4680e1335ea290c4f'
[20093 ms] }
[20096 ms] Exit code 1
[362448 ms] Entering createDevContainerConfig_v2
[386455 ms] Preparing to apply Template 'ghcr.io/microsoft/datascience-py-r/datascience-python-r'
[386458 ms] Running Dev Containers CLI:   templates apply --workspace-folder /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884603112 --template-id ghcr.io/microsoft/datascience-py-r/datascience-python-r --template-args {} --features [] --tmp-dir /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-dir-1739884603112 --log-level debug --omit-paths []
[386459 ms] Start: Run: /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) /Users/sbuzin/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers-0.397.0/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js templates apply --workspace-folder /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884603112 --template-id ghcr.io/microsoft/datascience-py-r/datascience-python-r --template-args {} --features [] --tmp-dir /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-dir-1739884603112 --log-level debug --omit-paths []
[386627 ms] [2025-02-18T13:16:43.282Z] @devcontainers/cli 0.73.0. Node.js v20.18.1. darwin 24.3.0 arm64.
[386630 ms] [2025-02-18T13:16:43.286Z] Loading 19 extra certificates from /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/vsch/certificates-0a3c1e87cf2e7c1a5500fad469eb3d4125f0a8b5fad65b5d97fb0cf429701fe3.pem.
[386866 ms] [2025-02-18T13:16:43.522Z] Start: Run: docker-credential-desktop get
[386972 ms] [2025-02-18T13:16:43.627Z] Stop (105 ms): Run: docker-credential-desktop get
[387886 ms] [2025-02-18T13:16:44.542Z] Files to omit: 'devcontainer-template.json, README.md, NOTES.md'
[387919 ms] [Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884603112/.git/objects/0a/50104a2a92c3264e5aceb4680e1335ea290c4f'] {
[387919 ms]   errno: -13,
[387919 ms]   code: 'EACCES',
[387919 ms]   syscall: 'open',
[387920 ms]   path: '/var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884603112/.git/objects/0a/50104a2a92c3264e5aceb4680e1335ea290c4f'
[387920 ms] }
[387921 ms] Exit code 1

The below doesn't change the outcome:

chmod -R a+rwx /var/folders/9c/jf14jkcs2h73kd28hq90gf3r0000gn/T/tmp-output-dir-1739884603112

[chrmarti]

@minsa110 The ghcr.io/microsoft/datascience-py-r/datascience-python-r template seems to contain the entire workspace including the .git folder. I don't see an option on the devcontainers action for publishing the template to exclude or specifically include files. I suggest to move the files that should be part of the template package to a src subfolder and use that as the base-path-to-templates in the action's options.