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Specify compression method (zstd) when building (during up command) from compose file

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
build-system, cli

Research direction

Start by comparing how the devcontainer up and devcontainer build commands handle build options, especially compression, --override-config, and --output. Read the specification's build property and trace the existing command behavior; done means the requested option is supported consistently or its limitation is clearly documented.

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Description

feature-request

Hi, I wanted to ask if there's a way to override the compression method when building a dev container image using devcontainer up and NOT devcontainer build.
I checked the spec but it's not supporting this under the build property. But maybe I missed something.
I saw this is supported in the build command. But the build command in turn does not support --override-config which im using.

Also, when I try to use --output during build command I get: --output not supported

Thank you!

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