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@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
## example usage
Below are some example use cases you might want to run from within the
-devcontainer (either within VSCode or GitHub Codespaces).
+devcontainer (either
+[within VSCode locally](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/create-dev-container#_create-a-devcontainerjson-file)
+or in your browser via
+[GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces)).
### Run pre-commit
@@ -12,6 +15,60 @@ devcontainer (either within VSCode or GitHub Codespaces).
pre-commit run --all-files
```
+A successfull run should look something like this:
+
+```
+@andrewm4894 ➜ /workspaces/Open-Assistant (devcontainer-improvements) $ pre-commit run --all-files
+[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks.
+[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/psf/black.
+[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/psf/black:.[jupyter].
+[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pycqa/flake8.
+[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pycqa/isort.
+[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier.
+[INFO] Initializing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier:prettier@2.7.1.
+[INFO] Initializing environment for local.
+[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks.
+[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
+[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
+[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/psf/black.
+[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
+[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
+[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/pycqa/flake8.
+[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
+[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
+[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/pycqa/isort.
+[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
+[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
+[INFO] Installing environment for https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier.
+[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
+[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
+[INFO] Installing environment for local.
+[INFO] Once installed this environment will be reused.
+[INFO] This may take a few minutes...
+trim trailing whitespace.................................................Passed
+check python ast.........................................................Passed
+check yaml...............................................................Passed
+check json...............................................................Passed
+check for case conflicts.................................................Passed
+detect private key.......................................................Passed
+fix python encoding pragma...............................................Passed
+forbid submodules....................................(no files to check)Skipped
+mixed line ending........................................................Passed
+fix requirements.txt.....................................................Passed
+check that executables have shebangs.....................................Passed
+check that scripts with shebangs are executable..........................Passed
+check BOM - deprecated: use fix-byte-order-marker........................Passed
+check for broken symlinks............................(no files to check)Skipped
+check for merge conflicts................................................Passed
+check for added large files..............................................Passed
+fix end of files.........................................................Passed
+black-jupyter............................................................Passed
+flake8...................................................................Passed
+isort....................................................................Passed
+prettier.................................................................Passed
+Lint website.............................................................Passed
+```
+
### Docker compose
```bash
@@ -21,10 +78,16 @@ docker compose up --build
You should see some docker containers being pulled and activated.
-Once you see the line
-`open-assistant-web-1 | Listening on port 3000 url: http://localhost:3000` you
-should be able to access that port like below:
+Once you see a line like:
+
+```
+open-assistant-web-1 | Listening on port 3000 url: http://localhost:3000
+```
+
+you should be able to access that port like below:
+this port can then be forwarded to a browser tab like below:
+