Wrapping up the Docker work, using docker cp again in order to copy assets out of containers

.gitignore

@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ sphinx_rtd_theme/static/js/html5shiv.min.js
 sphinx_rtd_theme/static/js/html5shiv-printshiv.min.js
 .direnv/
 .envrc
+# Used for dockerized builds
+.container_id

Dockerfile

@@ -8,23 +8,25 @@ RUN apk add npm make py3-pip py3-wheel
 
 # Add an extra verification that we have the right node
 # because the above caused issues
-RUN python3 --version
 RUN node -v && node -v | grep -q v14 &&\
     python3 --version && python3 --version | grep -q "3.10"
 
 RUN pip install pip --upgrade
 
 RUN mkdir -p /project/src/ &&\
-    mkdir -p /project/docs/ &&\
+    mkdir -p /project/docs/build/ &&\
     mkdir -p /project-minimal-copy/sphinx_rtd_theme &&\
     touch /project-minimal-copy/sphinx_rtd_theme/__init__.py
 
+# This is the main working directory where node_modules
+# gets built. During runtime, it's mixed with directories
+# from an external environment through a bind mount
 WORKDIR /project
 
+# Copy files necessary to run "npm install" and save
+# installed packages in the docker image (makes the runtime
+# so much faster)
 COPY package.json /project/
-
-# COPY package-lock.json /project/
-
 COPY bin/preinstall.js /project/bin/preinstall.js
 
 RUN cd /project
@@ -37,16 +39,19 @@ RUN npm install --package-lock-only &&\
 
 # This is strictly speaking not necessary, just makes
 # running the container faster...
-# Install dependencies, then uninstall project itsel
+# Install dependencies, then uninstall project itself
 COPY setup.py README.rst /project-minimal-copy/
 RUN cd /project-minimal-copy &&\
     pip install ".[dev]" &&\
     /usr/bin/yes | pip uninstall sphinx_rtd_theme
 
 
-# Copy in stuff we need to run the project
+# Copy in files that we need to run the project. These files
+# will not be mounted into the runtime from external environment
+# so we copy them during build.
 COPY webpack.common.js webpack.dev.js webpack.prod.js /project/
 
+# Copy in the entrypoint and we're done
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
 

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+CWD := $(shell cd -P -- '$(shell dirname -- "$0")' && pwd -P)
+
+docker-images:
+	docker-compose build
+
+docker-npm-build:
+	rm -f .container_id
+	docker-compose run -d sphinx_rtd_theme build > .container_id
+	docker container wait "$(shell cat .container_id)"
+	docker cp "$(shell cat .container_id):/project/sphinx_rtd_theme" .
+	docker cp "$(shell cat .container_id):/project/package-lock.json" .
+	@echo "Done building"
+
+docker-npm-dev:
+	docker-compose run sphinx_rtd_theme dev
+	
+docker-build-all: docker-images docker-npm-build

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,21 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - type: "bind"
         source: "./"
-        target: "/project-working-copy"
+        target: "/project-readonly"
+        read_only: true
+      - type: "volume"
+        target: "/project-readonly/sphinx_rtd_theme.egg-info"
+      - type: "bind"
+        source: "./src"
+        target: "/project/src"
+        read_only: true
+      - type: "bind"
+        source: "./docs"
+        target: "/project/docs"
+        read_only: false #todo: fix this
+      - type: "volume"
+        target: "/project/docs/_build"
+
     network_mode: host
     ports:
       - "1919:1919"

docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Install the readonly project in editable mode and make sure
-# all dependencies are upgrade. This is mounted in from the
-# outside, but it is on purpose that it is readonly!
-cp -r /project/node_modules /project-working-copy/
-cd /project-working-copy
+# Update latest Python dependencies in case they have changed
+cd /project-readonly
 pip install --upgrade -e ".[dev]"
 
 # This helps a potential permission issue, but might be removed
 # pending some more investigation of docker host file system
 # permissions in the bind mount
-npm cache clean --force
-npm install
+# npm cache clean --force
+# npm install
+
+cd /project
+cp -r /project-readonly/sphinx_rtd_theme .
 
 echo "Going to invoke: npm run $@"
 npm run $@

docs/contributing.rst

@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ Use the following steps:
     # Builds an updated version of the docker image
     $ docker-compose build
 
-    # Runs the docker environment and builds the assets. The container exits after completing the build.
-    $ docker-compose run sphinx_rtd_theme build
-
     # Runs the development webserver
     $ docker-compose run sphinx_rtd_theme dev
-
+    
+    # If you want to copy stuff out of the Docker environment, run this make
+    # target or read the actual Makefile to see what is going on.
+    # We suggest running this command every time that you want to quickly build
+    # new CSS/JS assets
+    $ make docker-build-all
 
 Every time you change the Node or Python requirements, you will need to rebuild images with ``docker-compose run sphinx_rtd_theme build``. If you change SASS or JS, you will need to rebuild assets.