Merge pull request #4 from axonasif/axonasif/persist_files

Persist $HOME contents by overlaying /workspace, for Haskell toolchain

.gitpod.Dockerfile

@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
-FROM gitpod/workspace-full:latest
+# Image source code: https://github.com/axonasif/workspace-images/tree/tmp
+# Also see https://github.com/gitpod-io/workspace-images/issues/1071
+FROM axonasif/workspace-base@sha256:8c057b1d13bdfe8c279c68aef8242d32110c8d5310f9a393f9c0417bc61367d9
 
 USER gitpod
 
+# Persist ~ due to the requirements of this project
+RUN echo 'create-overlay $HOME' > "$HOME/.runonce/1-home_persist"
+
 # or git will keep prompting
 RUN git config --global pull.ff only
 
-# ~/.stack, ~/.ghcup will be lost across Gitpod workspace restarts,
-# use /workspace/ so it is persisted as part of prebuilt workspace
-ENV STACK_ROOT=/workspace/.stack
-ENV GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX=/workspace
-
-# Add ghcup to path
-ENV PATH=/workspace/bin:/workspace/.ghcup/bin:${PATH}
-
-# create toolhome
-RUN mkdir -p /workspace/bin
+# add /workspace/bin and ghcup to PATH
+ENV PATH="/workspace/bin:$HOME/.ghcup/bin:$PATH"
 
 # install ghcup, then stack and hls via it
 RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | env BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE=1 sh
-RUN ghcup install stack
-RUN ghcup install hls
+RUN ghcup install stack && \
+    ghcup install hls
+# populate stack's cache, this takes minutes & GBs
+RUN stack update
+
+# install latest epm
+RUN mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin; \
+    curl -o $HOME/.local/bin/epm -L https://github.com/e-wrks/epm/raw/latest/epm && \
+    chmod +x $HOME/.local/bin/epm

.gitpod.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 image:
   file: .gitpod.Dockerfile
 
+workspaceLocation: tour/main.code-workspace # Relative to /workspace dir
+
 ports:
   - port: 1024-6000
     onOpen: ignore
 
 tasks:
   - name: Build Đ Tooling
     init: |
-      # /workspace/bin should have been created per Dockerfile, and added to $PATH
-      curl -o /workspace/bin/epm -L https://github.com/e-wrks/epm/raw/latest/epm
-      chmod a+x /workspace/bin/epm
+      # update epm to latest version
+      curl -o $HOME/.local/bin/epm -L https://github.com/e-wrks/epm/raw/latest/epm
       # prepare /workspace as an epm home
       cd /workspace
       epm init \
@@ -19,17 +20,16 @@ tasks:
        -B http://github.com/complyue \
         nedh els sedh eas hasdim haskit
       cd /workspace/edh-universe
-      # build & install executables from Edh packages
+      # build & install executables from Edh packages,
+      # this takes minutes & GBs
       stack update
       stack install
     command: |
       # update packages in root epm home
       cd /workspace/edh-universe
       epm up
       epm i
-      epm x gen-hie > hie.yaml
       # update executables from Edh packages
-      stack update
       stack install
 
 vscode:

main.code-workspace

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	// All paths are relative to your main repo
+	// The additional repos are cloned inside /workspace dir
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": "." // Main repo that you will open in Gitpod (e.g. frontend)
+		},
+		{
+			"path": "/workspace/edh-universe" // Additional repo
+		}
+	]
+}