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Document "Inner Loop" for Dotfiles
We currently don't provide much guidance to users on how to setup and test their dotfiles changes:
https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-dotfiles
Things that are not mentioned:
- Is a workspace restart required?
- Does dotfiles work with prebuilds?
- How to check that your file permissions are correct?
- How to ensure that your file is in the right location (and will be picked up)
- How to perform an inner loop for editor changes
- What dotfiles can be used for (e.g. editor updates, installing(?) - trade-offs, etc)
We do have information on the logs, but I think we could be more explicit about how to debug the loop.
Relates to:
- https://github.com/gitpod-io/website/issues/2188
Related doc (thanks @Siddhant-K-code):
https://www.gitpod.io/blog/personalize-your-gitpod-workspace-environment#Dotfiles
