Unofficial Dev Container for PostgreSQL

Usage

Clone this repository into a PostgreSQL source tree:

cd <postgres-repository>
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pghacking/.devcontainer.git

Local development

Install the VS Code configuration links once, then open PostgreSQL:

./.devcontainer/setup-vscode.sh
code .

Meson, Ninja, PostgreSQL build dependencies, and task-specific tools must be installed on the host.

Dev Container

Open the PostgreSQL repository in VS Code, press Cmd+Shift+P on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+P on Linux, then select Dev Containers: Rebuild and Reopen in Container.

You are all set.

Caveat

With host networking, PostgreSQL listens directly on the host's port 5433.

If you want to add more personal configurations(e.g. git alias), you can use a devcontainer dotfile repository.

See: Personalizing with dotfile repositories