Selectable devcontainer config for multi-root workspace mono-repo

[red8888]

I'm not asking for full support like this: #1460

This is what I want to do:

monorepo/
  monorepo.code-workspace
  backend/
    .devcontainer/
      Dockerfile
      devcontainer.json
  frontend/
    .devcontainer/
      Dockerfile
      devcontainer.json

# in monorepo.code-workspace
{
    "folders": [
        {
            "name": "ROOT",
            "path": "."
        },
        {
            "name": "frontend",
            "path": "frontend"
        },
        {
            "name": "backend",
            "path": "backend"
        },
    ],
}

I want to view my subprojects with multi-root workspace and organize devcontainer configs under them like this- not have all dev container configs in some top level folder.

Then I just want to be able to select which dev container config to use and launch the whole workspace in that single container. I don't need a container for each workspace.

Is this possible? It seems like it should be but its demanding all my devcontainer configs live next to my workspace config.

I've resorted to opening each subfolder up as its own project but that totally breaks the git extension which can't find the .git folder.

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