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Support `textDocument/references` for Docker build stages

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, docker-compose, go

Research direction

Start at the textDocument/references entry point and trace how the language server currently resolves references. Compare project-wide scanning across Dockerfiles, Compose files, and Bake files, then verify that references to Docker build stages are identified across all three file types.

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Description

bake compose dockerfile

We should add support for performing a project-wide scan to identify references to build stages in Dockerfiles, Compose files, and Bake files.

Dominant language
Go
Stars
188
Forks
28
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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