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At my workplace, we use multiple devcontainer configurations per repository, to differentiate between test and code development environments. These multiple configs are as per the spec: https://containers.dev/implementors/spec/#devcontainerjson. However, this was not working yet for this plugin, which is the reason for this PR.

I have made sure that when only 1 .devcontainer.json config exists, that config should be automatically picked. There should be no breaking changes in this PR.

I have used LLMs extensively for this PR, as I am not proficient in lua. I have tested the result on my own machine, running Ubuntu in WSL with tmux. If this does not meet your contribution guideline, or the code in general does not meet your quality criteria, please let me know.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for projects with multiple devcontainer.json configurations.
    • Added the DevcontainerSelectConfig command to choose the configuration used by subsequent commands.
    • Added options to pin a configuration or control whether selections are reused during the session.
    • Added automatic discovery of root, nested, and top-level dev container configurations.
  • Documentation

    • Documented configuration selection, switching workflows, and new settings.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved container matching when stopping dev containers.

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The plugin now discovers multiple devcontainer.json files, lets users select one, caches the selection per workspace session, supports fixed paths, and applies the resolved configuration to bringup, exec, connect, and down commands. It also adds the DevcontainerSelectConfig command, documentation, and unit tests.

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Devcontainer configuration selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration discovery and parsing
lua/devcontainer-cli/folder_utils.lua, tests/devcontainer-cli/unit_tests.lua
The plugin discovers root and nested configurations. It parses JSONC names and tests discovery, comments, trailing commas, missing names, invalid files, and nonexistent files.
Workspace resolution and selection
lua/devcontainer-cli/config.lua, lua/devcontainer-cli/devcontainer_utils.lua
The plugin supports fixed configuration paths, session caching, automatic selection, and interactive selection with vim.ui.select.
Resolved configuration command flow
lua/devcontainer-cli/devcontainer_utils.lua, lua/devcontainer-cli/devcontainer_cli.lua
Bringup, exec, connect, and down commands use the resolved configuration. Connect now closes Neovim through a callback after setup.
Public command and usage documentation
lua/devcontainer-cli/init.lua, lua/devcontainer-cli/devcontainer_cli.lua, README.md, doc/devcontainer-cli.nvim.txt
The plugin registers DevcontainerSelectConfig and documents selection behavior and the new options.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to f6610

A specially named devcontainer configuration directory can inject commands into the host when connecting through WezTerm, potentially executing with the current user's privileges; Neovim may also close before reporting unsupported terminal failures. Merge should wait for safe argument-based command construction and corrected connection failure handling.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant Neovim
  participant devcontainer_cli
  participant devcontainer_utils
  participant folder_utils
  participant Docker
  User->>Neovim: Run DevcontainerUp, Exec, Connect, or Down
  Neovim->>devcontainer_cli: Invoke command
  devcontainer_cli->>devcontainer_utils: Resolve workspace
  devcontainer_utils->>folder_utils: Discover configurations
  folder_utils-->>devcontainer_utils: Return configuration paths
  devcontainer_utils-->>devcontainer_cli: Return selected workspace
  devcontainer_cli->>Docker: Run command with --config and --id-label
  Docker-->>devcontainer_cli: Return command result
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In `@lua/devcontainer-cli/folder_utils.lua`:
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