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Docker Compose based Container always show `workspace`
- VSCode Version: 1.72.2
- Local OS Version: Darwin x64 21.6.0
- Local chip architecture: <x86, arm64, Apple Silicon> x86
- Reproduces in: <Codespaces | Remote - Containers | Both> Containers
- Name of Dev Container Definition with Issue: dotnet-postgres
From VSCode About:
Version: 1.72.2
Commit: d045a5eda657f4d7b676dedbfa7aab8207f8a075
Date: 2022-10-12T22:16:30.254Z
Electron: 19.0.17
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 21.6.0
Sandboxed: No
Steps to Reproduce:
- Create a new directory
vscode-container-compose - Open
vscode-container-composein VSCode - Note window title shows
vscode-container-compose Command Pallete->Reopen in Container-> SelectC# (.NET) and PostgreSQL- Note window title shows
workspace - Recreating the process for Dockerfile based project (Simple C# (.NET) Container) shows the
vscode-container-composefor window title
When open the folder locally, we see VSCode shows workspace for Window title:
When open in Docker Compose container, we see VSCode shows workspace for Window title:

When working with many projects that are docker compose based; it is difficult to differentiate which project at a glance.
Recommend mounting the source with the localWorkspaceFolderBasename?
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/blob/9e13bc17809eedb0784321da3a2f859642f94523/container-templates/docker-compose/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json#L13
"workspaceFolder": "/workspace/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/blob/9e13bc17809eedb0784321da3a2f859642f94523/container-templates/docker-compose/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml#L15
- ..:/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}:cached
The issue here is ${localWorkspaceFolderBasename} is not available in docker-compose.
I noticed a very similar issue reported previously https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/6844 for access to ${localWorkspaceFolder} instead.
I like the solution recommended here https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/6844#issuecomment-1160442092
Please advise.