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Add option to get the info on running containers

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, typescript
Domain
cli, devops

Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by reading the CLI entry point responsible for running dev containers and compare the requested information with docker inspect. Define the option's output and how it exposes the real names of running containers, then verify that third-party tools and devcontainer integrations can consume it.

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Description

feature-request

Hello,

Could an option be added to obtain information on containers? A bit like docker inspect?
In fact, it's something that could be “simple” to add, but it's necessary to have the real name of running containers.

This would simplify the development of third-party tools or make it easier to integrate devcontainers with other IDEs.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Merged PRs (30d)
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