Not anymore persisting the /workspace content populated by custom .Dockerfile

[complyue]

Bug description

Content populated under /workspace/ during custom .dockerfile building, ultimately get lost when the workspace is started.

Steps to reproduce

https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/complyue/tour/blob/master/welcome.edh

Workspace affected

No response

Expected behavior

Haskell toolchain (GHCup and pieces it installs) installed during custom .Dockerfile building should persist as before.

Example repository

https://github.com/complyue/tour

Anything else?

It works before, not been touching the env until recently. /workspace should persist, right?

[svenefftinge]

I don't think that has ever worked. The /workspace is a mount and with that anything that is coming from the docker file is overlayed. If you want to prefill the /workspace folder you need to make use of prebuilds.

[complyue]

I configured prebuilds, then the prebuild log shows failure, as things populated by my .Dockerfile (https://github.com/complyue/tour/blob/master/.gitpod.Dockerfile) are lost when my init task is run.

Isn't this a bug?

[axonasif]

Hi @complyue, I see that you're writing files to /workspace from your dockerfile. Please use a different location (or leave the default location value) such as $HOME.