Add C/C++ dev tool features and collection-c-cpp meta-feature by Copilot · Pull Request #226 · devcontainer-community/devcontainer-features

Copilot · 2026-03-26T16:29:43Z

Adds 11 individual C/C++ developer tool features plus a collection-c-cpp meta-feature that pulls them all in via dependsOn.

Individual features

id	binary	install method	purpose
`cmake.org`	`cmake`	apt	build system generator
`ninja-build.org`	`ninja`	apt	fast build system (`ninja-build`)
`sourceware.org-gdb`	`gdb`	apt	GNU debugger
`valgrind.org`	`valgrind`	apt	memory error detector / profiler
`ccache.dev`	`ccache`	apt	compiler cache
`danmar-cppcheck`	`cppcheck`	apt	static analysis
`clang-format`	`clang-format`	apt	LLVM code formatter
`clang-tidy`	`clang-tidy`	apt	LLVM linter / static analyzer
`distcc.org`	`distcc`	apt	distributed C/C++ compiler
`vcpkg.io`	`vcpkg`	git	C/C++ package manager by Microsoft
`apt-build-essential`	`gcc`/`g++`/`make`	apt	C/C++ compiler toolchain (build-essential)

Meta-feature

collection-c-cpp declares all 11 above via dependsOn in devcontainer-feature.json; its install.sh is intentionally a no-op. Referencing it in a devcontainer is enough to get the full toolchain:

// devcontainer.json
{
  "features": {
    "ghcr.io/devcontainer-community/features/collection-c-cpp:1": {}
  }
}

Each feature follows repo conventions: devcontainer-feature.json, install.sh, NOTES.md, and a test.sh that verifies the binary version output. Root README.md updated with all 12 entries in alphabetical order.

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Add features for C/C++ development</issue_title>
<issue_description></issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Find out popular dev tools for C/C++ developers and create features for all of them,
then create a meta-feature (with just dependencies to the features you created) called c-cpp-dev-collection).</agent_instructions>

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Fixes Add features for C/C++ development #47

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sebst

should also add features:

distcc.org (https://github.com/distcc/distcc/releases)
vcpkg.io (https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/releases)
apt-build-essential (installs build-essential apt package)

sebst · 2026-03-26T16:40:53Z

src/ccache/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "name": "ccache",


should be named ccache.dev

Renamed to ccache.dev in 25bd4e7.

sebst · 2026-03-26T16:41:39Z

src/cmake/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "name": "cmake",


should be named cmake.org

Renamed to cmake.org in 25bd4e7.

sebst · 2026-03-26T16:42:16Z

src/cppcheck/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "name": "cppcheck",


should be named danmar/cppcheck (id danmar-cppcheck)

Renamed to danmar-cppcheck (name: danmar/cppcheck) in 25bd4e7.

sebst · 2026-03-26T16:43:09Z

src/gdb/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "name": "gdb",


should be named sourceware.org/gdb (id sourceware.org-gdb)

Renamed to sourceware.org-gdb (name: sourceware.org/gdb) in 25bd4e7.

sebst · 2026-03-26T16:43:29Z

src/ninja/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "name": "ninja",


should be called ninja-build.org.

Renamed to ninja-build.org in 25bd4e7.

sebst · 2026-03-26T16:43:50Z

src/valgrind/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "name": "valgrind",


should be named valgrind.org.

Renamed to valgrind.org in 25bd4e7.

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Copilot · 2026-03-26T16:53:20Z

should also add features:

distcc.org (https://github.com/distcc/distcc/releases)...

Added in 25bd4e7: distcc.org (apt), vcpkg.io (git clone + bootstrap from microsoft/vcpkg), and apt-build-essential (apt). All three are now included in c-cpp-dev-collection as well.

sebst · 2026-03-26T16:54:58Z

src/c-cpp-dev-collection/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "name": "c-cpp-dev-collection",


change name to collection-c-cpp

Renamed to collection-c-cpp in a8526d8.

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sebst

tests for apt-build-essential fail

…ion check Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/devcontainer-community/devcontainer-features/sessions/3cc00b11-4009-4e23-8007-8d89519324a0 Co-authored-by: sebst <592313+sebst@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot · 2026-03-26T17:03:32Z

tests for apt-build-essential fail

Fixed in a27e011. make --version outputs GNU Make X.Y (capital M), so grep 'make' (case-sensitive) was failing. Changed to grep -i 'make'.

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Add C/C++ dev tool features and c-cpp-dev-collection meta-feature

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Rename features per review, add distcc.org/vcpkg.io/apt-build-essential

25bd4e7

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Rename c-cpp-dev-collection to collection-c-cpp

a8526d8

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Copilot AI changed the title ~~Add C/C++ dev tool features and c-cpp-dev-collection meta-feature~~ Add C/C++ dev tool features and collection-c-cpp meta-feature Mar 26, 2026

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Fix apt-build-essential test: use case-insensitive grep for make vers…

a27e011

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