diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 18cc63929448..d34a1231a7d3 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "mounts": [
     // If your system OS/Architecture doesn't matches the container one, you can uncomment the following line and create node_modules_container to keep local and containers node_module usable.
     // "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/node_modules_container,target=/workspaces/generator-jhipster/node_modules,type=bind,consistency=cached",
-    "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/../jhipster-samples,target=/workspaces/jhipster-samples,type=bind,consistency=cached"
+    // "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/../jhipster-samples,target=/workspaces/jhipster-samples,type=bind,consistency=cached"
   ],
 
   "customizations": {
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87aee4cd01bb..bbc8891a0afb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ test/**/*.png
 jdl/**/*.png
 test-integration/**/*.png
 /dist
+
+# allow customizations without having a dirty tree
+.devcontainer