Dotfiles Multi-Repository Workspace

This dotfiles setup automatically creates a VS Code workspace that includes multiple repositories, allowing you to work with several related projects simultaneously in a single workspace.

How it works

When you start a new Gitpod workspace, the install.sh script:

1. Configures additional repositories: You can specify multiple GitHub repositories in the additional_repos array
2. Clones repositories: Automatically clones the specified repositories as siblings to your main dotfiles repository
3. Creates dynamic workspace: Generates a temporary .code-workspace file that includes all repositories as folders
4. Opens multi-repo workspace: Opens VS Code with all repositories accessible in a single workspace

Quickstart

1. Fork this repository to your own account (direct link)
2. Edit the install.sh file and modify the additional_repos array to include your desired repositories:

   local additional_repos=(
       "https://github.com/your-username/repo1"
       "https://github.com/your-username/repo2"
       # Add more repositories as needed
   )

3. Go to https://gitpod.io/user/preferences and scroll down. (You may replace gitpod.io with your own instance domain)
4. Copy your forked repo link and set it as Dotfiles - Repository URL and click on Save.
5. Create new workspace to see in action.

Embedding the same functionality in your org-wide default workspace/docker image

If you don't want to tell users to configure this individually via dotfiles, you can add this to your org default workspace image

You need to add the following lines to the source dockerfile used to build your image:

RUN <<EOR

multi_repo_script="$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gitpod-samples/dotfiles.auto_multi-repo/240045be705601419e9a10d1237e908e8b51b042/install.sh | tail -n +2) >/tmp/multi-repo.log 2>&1 &"
sudo tee -a /etc/bash.bashrc <<BASH

if mkdir /tmp/.multi-repo.lock 2>/dev/null; then
    $multi_repo_script
fi

BASH

EOR

You can see example.Dockerfile for a full reference.