Use bind mounts for shell config

containers/base/Containerfile

@@ -159,12 +159,6 @@ ENV SHELL_CONFIG_DIR="$VOLS_DIR/shell"
 RUN mkdir -m 755 $SHELL_CONFIG_DIR \
     && chown $DEV_USER_UID:$DEV_USER_GID $SHELL_CONFIG_DIR
 
-# Setup Bash history
-RUN BASH_CONFIG_DIR=$SHELL_CONFIG_DIR/bash \
-    && sudo -u $DEV_USER mkdir -m 755 $BASH_CONFIG_DIR \
-    && sudo -u $DEV_USER touch $BASH_CONFIG_DIR/bash_history \
-    && sudo -u $DEV_USER ln -s $BASH_CONFIG_DIR/bash_history $DEV_USER_HOME/.bash_history
-
 # Modify PS1 to put a * after the hostname. This is sort of useful because it
 # let's you quickly see if you are inside the container or not.
 RUN sed -i 's;PS1.*\\h;&*;' /root/.bashrc $DEV_USER_HOME/.bashrc
@@ -184,6 +178,7 @@ RUN mkdir -m 755 $ENTRYPOINT_DIR
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 COPY fix_user.sh $ENTRYPOINT_DIR/00_fix_user.sh
 COPY login_shim.sh $ENTRYPOINT_DIR/01_login_shim.sh
+COPY shell_init.sh $ENTRYPOINT_DIR/04_shell_init.sh
 
 # Add ~/.bashrc.d support to the user's ~/.bashrc
 COPY bashrcd_fragment.bash /tmp/bashrcd_fragment.bash

containers/base/shell_init.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Tim Perkins
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+# This should never happen, but check anyway
+if [ -z "${SHELL_CONFIG_DIR:-}" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Essential shell variable is not defined!" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+is_empty_dir() {
+    find "$1" -maxdepth 0 -type d -empty | grep -q .
+}
+
+bash_config_dir=$SHELL_CONFIG_DIR/bash
+
+if is_empty_dir $SHELL_CONFIG_DIR; then
+    mkdir -m 700 $bash_config_dir
+    touch $bash_config_dir/bash_history
+fi
+
+# Always create the symlink in the home directory
+ln -s $bash_config_dir/bash_history $HOME/.bash_history
+
+exec "$@"

containers/run.sh

@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ IFS=$'\n\t'
 IMAGE_REPO="ghcr.io/taughz/dev"
 DEFAULT_TARGET_TAG="main"
 
-# The names of the volumes
-SHELL_CONFIG_VOL="shell-config"
-
 # The default projects directory
 DEFAULT_PROJECTS_DIR="$HOME/Projects"
 
@@ -138,15 +135,6 @@ SHELL_CONFIG_DIR=$(get_from_env "$IMAGE_ENV" "SHELL_CONFIG_DIR")
 EMACS_CONFIG_DIR=$(get_from_env "$IMAGE_ENV" "EMACS_CONFIG_DIR" || true)
 DOOM_CONFIG_DIR=$(get_from_env "$IMAGE_ENV" "DOOM_CONFIG_DIR" || true)
 
-# Check for volumes, create them if necessary
-vols=($SHELL_CONFIG_VOL)
-for vol in "${vols[@]}"; do
-    if ! docker volume ls -q | grep -q $vol; then
-        echo "Creating volume: $vol" >&2
-        docker volume create $vol > /dev/null
-    fi
-done
-
 # Ensure the files and directories we expect exist
 ensure_exists f 600 $HOME/.Xauthority
 ensure_exists d 700 $HOME/.ssh
@@ -156,6 +144,7 @@ ensure_exists d 700 $HOME/.xpra
 ensure_exists f 600 $HOME/.claude.json
 ensure_exists d 700 $HOME/.claude
 ensure_exists d 700 $HOME/.taughz
+ensure_exists d 700 $HOME/.taughz/shell
 ensure_exists d 700 $HOME/.taughz/emacs.d
 ensure_exists d 700 $HOME/.taughz/doom.d
 
@@ -210,7 +199,7 @@ CLAUDE_FLAGS=(
 )
 
 SHELL_FLAGS=(
-    --mount "type=volume,src=$SHELL_CONFIG_VOL,dst=$SHELL_CONFIG_DIR"
+    --mount "type=bind,src=$HOME/.taughz/shell,dst=$SHELL_CONFIG_DIR"
 )
 
 emacs_flags=()
@@ -232,8 +221,8 @@ if [ $use_tz -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 echo_cmd docker run --rm --tty --interactive --privileged --network=host --env "TERM=$TERM" \
-    "${DISPLAY_FLAGS[@]}" "${SSH_FLAGS[@]}" "${GPG_FLAGS[@]}" "${GIT_FLAGS[@]}" \
-    "${XPRA_FLAGS[@]}" "${CLAUDE_FLAGS[@]}" "${SHELL_FLAGS[@]}" "${fixed_user_flags[@]}" \
+    "${fixed_user_flags[@]}"  "${DISPLAY_FLAGS[@]}" "${SSH_FLAGS[@]}" "${GPG_FLAGS[@]}" \
+    "${GIT_FLAGS[@]}" "${XPRA_FLAGS[@]}" "${CLAUDE_FLAGS[@]}" "${SHELL_FLAGS[@]}" \
     "${emacs_flags[@]}" "${projects_flags[@]}" "${tz_flags[@]}" "$TARGET_IMAGE"
 
 exit 0