Persist since v0.5.0 ​

Within this config sections you can define different persist configurations.

The following example shows all settings that can be set and which will be explained on this page:

persist:
  vars:
    hello: i am a great test content
  files:
    file:
      file: /home/gitpod/file.txt
      overwrite: false
      method: symlink
    test2:
      file: .persistTest/test.txt
      overwrite: True
      content: SGVsbG8gaSBhbSBhIGdyZWF0IHRlc3QgZm9yIHBlcnNpc3RpbmcgYSBmaWxl
      method: yaml
  folders:
    test:
      folder: /home/gitpod/test
      overwrite: false
      method: symlink

vars since v0.5.0 ​

Define environment variables and their content:

persist:
  vars:
    hello: i am a great test content

files since v0.5.0 ​

Define a file with it´s path, it´s content and save method.

persist:
    files:
        example:
            file: /home/gitpod/file.txt
            overwrite: false
            method: symlink

The name of the entry "example" can be anything and is only relevant for this config file, so you can choose it freely.

The key file defines the path to the file and is required.

file: /home/gitpod/file.txt

The key overwrite defines if the file should be overwritten if it already exists.

overwrite: True

The key method defines where the content should be saved.

method: symlink

The key var defines the gitpod environment variable where the content has been saved

var: GPT_TEST

The key content contains the content of the file as base64 encoded

content: SGVsbG8gaSBhbSBhIGdyZWF0IHRlc3QgZm9yIHBlcnNpc3RpbmcgYSBmaWxl

folders since v0.5.0 ​

They available settings are the same as for files, except that the key file has been replaced with folder.