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Add easy way to add container name to bash prompt

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli

Research direction

No files or tests are named in the issue. Start by locating how the course container initializes Bash and sets its prompt, then determine how the container name and optional first-run user name can be exposed there. Done means the prompt identifies the active container and can include the user's name for screenshots.

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Description

enhancement

For courses that use multiple containers it would be nice to be able to include the container name in the bash prompt. That way there would be some indication of which container is being used.

This could also include the option of having the user enter their name the first time the terminal is run. That is helpful for having students provide screenshots that will then include their name.

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