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Update remote UID/GID on MacOS

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Since Mar 28, 2025.

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feature-request

Hello,

I'm using devcontainers on MacOS, and it seems that UID/GID are not updated anymore (and I need them to be updated). I tried to modify the code and I saw that updateRemoteUserUIDOnMacOS is false. Is there a way to force it to true ? Or what are the conditions for this param to be true ?

Here is the relevant code :

https://github.com/devcontainers/cli/blob/2fafdcc8a8dee5a922616325f3726043f1ea92c3/src/spec-node/devContainers.ts#L218

https://github.com/devcontainers/cli/blob/2fafdcc8a8dee5a922616325f3726043f1ea92c3/src/spec-node/containerFeatures.ts#L389

Thanks for your help ! I'm available for further information and/or tests.

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