Coalescing home directory for remoteUser following commons-utils logic

Author: prulloac

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "@devcontainers/cli",
 	"description": "Dev Containers CLI",
-	"version": "0.57.0",
+	"version": "0.57.1",
 	"bin": {
 		"devcontainer": "devcontainer.js"
 	},

src/spec-configuration/containerFeaturesConfiguration.ts

@@ -291,10 +291,12 @@ function escapeQuotesForShell(input: string) {
 
 export function getFeatureLayers(featuresConfig: FeaturesConfig, containerUser: string, remoteUser: string, isBuildah = false, useBuildKitBuildContexts = false, contentSourceRootPath = '/tmp/build-features') {
 
+	const coalesceHomeDir = (user: string) => `$(if [ -d "$(${getEntPasswdShellCommand(user)} | cut -d: -f6)" ]; then echo "$(${getEntPasswdShellCommand(user)} | cut -d: -f6)"; else echo "/home/${user}"; fi)`;
+
 	const builtinsEnvFile = `${path.posix.join(FEATURES_CONTAINER_TEMP_DEST_FOLDER, 'devcontainer-features.builtin.env')}`;
 	let result = `RUN \\
 echo "_CONTAINER_USER_HOME=$(${getEntPasswdShellCommand(containerUser)} | cut -d: -f6)" >> ${builtinsEnvFile} && \\
-echo "_REMOTE_USER_HOME=$(${getEntPasswdShellCommand(remoteUser)} | cut -d: -f6)" >> ${builtinsEnvFile}
+echo "_REMOTE_USER_HOME=${coalesceHomeDir(remoteUser)}" >> ${builtinsEnvFile}
 
 `;