few changes

src/common-utils/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -71,18 +71,11 @@
             "description": "Preserve shell history across dev container instances? (Currently supports bash, zsh, and fish)"
         }
     },
-    "initializeCommand": "chmod -R 755 ${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/common-utils/scripts",
-    "postCreateCommand": "ls -la ${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/common-utils && ls -la ${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/common-utils/scripts && export DEVCONTAINER_ID=${devcontainerId} && chmod +x /tmp/setup_history.sh && . /tmp/setup_history.sh",
+    "postCreateCommand": "export DEVCONTAINER_ID=${devcontainerId} && . /tmp/setup_history.sh",
     "mounts": [{
         "source": "devcontainers",
         "target": "/devcontainers",
         "type": "volume"
     }
-    ,
-    {
-        "source": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/common-utils/scripts/setup_history.sh",
-        "target": "/tmp/setup_history.sh",
-        "type": "bind"
-    }
 ]
 }   

src/common-utils/main.sh

@@ -576,7 +576,10 @@ echo export ALLOW_SHELL_HISTORY="${ALLOW_SHELL_HISTORY}" > /tmp/env.sh
 echo export user_home="${user_home}" >> /tmp/env.sh
 echo export USERNAME="${USERNAME}" >> /tmp/env.sh
 
-sudo chmod +x /tmp/env.sh
+chmod +x /tmp/env.sh
+
+cp -f "${FEATURE_DIR}/scripts/setup_history.sh" /tmp/setup_history.sh
+chmod +x /tmp/setup_history.sh
 
 # *********************************
 # ** Ensure config directory **

src/common-utils/scripts/setup_history.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 # Source the environment variables from env.sh
 if [ -f /tmp/env.sh ]; then
     . /tmp/env.sh

test/common-utils/scenarios.json

@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
                 "allowShellHistory": true
             }
         },
-        "remoteUser": "vscode"
+        "remoteUser": "vscode",
+        "containerUser": "vscode"
     }
 }