gdlol · Nov 8, 2026 · Nov 8, 2026 · Nov 8, 2026
diff --git a/.devcontainer/features/src/features/install.sh b/.devcontainer/features/src/features/install.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-feature_dir=$(CDPATH='' cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
-
 prefix=/opt/devcontainer-config
 state_path=/var/lib/devcontainer-config/features
 
@@ -20,11 +18,11 @@ case $FEATURES_PATH in
 esac
 
 mkdir -p "$prefix"
-install -m 0755 "$feature_dir/features-run" "$prefix/features-run"
+install -m 0755 ./features-run "$prefix/features-run"
 
 printf '%s\n' "$FEATURES_PATH" > "$prefix/features-path"
 
 mkdir -p "$FEATURES_PATH" "$state_path"
-chmod a+rwx "$FEATURES_PATH" "$state_path"
+chmod a+rwx "$state_path"
 
 exec "$prefix/features-run" install
diff --git a/features/Features/SymbolicLink.cs b/features/Features/SymbolicLink.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace DevcontainerConfig.Features;
+
+public static class SymbolicLink
+{
+    public static void Replace(string path, string target)
+    {
+        string temp = Path.Join(Path.GetDirectoryName(path), $".{Path.GetFileName(path)}-{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        File.CreateSymbolicLink(temp, target);
+        try
+        {
+            File.Move(temp, path, overwrite: true);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            File.Delete(temp);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/features/code-server/Feature/Install.cs b/features/code-server/Feature/Install.cs
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ namespace DevcontainerConfig.CodeServer.Feature;
 internal static class Install
 {
     private const string BinDir = "/usr/local/bin";
-    private const string LinkPath = "/usr/local/bin/code-server";
 
     internal static void Run(string stagedDir)
     {
         Options options = OptionsFile.Read(stagedDir, OptionsContext.Default.FeatureOptions);
         options.Validate();
 
         Directory.CreateDirectory(BinDir);
-        File.Delete(LinkPath);
-        File.CreateSymbolicLink(LinkPath, Path.Join(stagedDir, "code-server", "bin", "code-server"));
+        SymbolicLink.Replace(
+            Path.Join(BinDir, "code-server"),
+            Path.Join(stagedDir, "code-server", "bin", "code-server")
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/features/code-server/config.json b/features/code-server/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "revision": 1,
+  "revision": 2,
   "versions": {
     "4.145.2": {
       "linux-x64": {

diff --git a/features/dotnet/Feature/Registration.cs b/features/dotnet/Feature/Registration.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using DevcontainerConfig.Features;
+
 namespace DevcontainerConfig.Dotnet.Feature;
 
 internal static class Registration
@@ -24,19 +26,7 @@ private static void WriteInstallLocation(string root)
     private static void CreateSymlink(string root)
     {
         string target = Path.Join(root, "dotnet");
-
-        // rename(2) replaces whatever else the path holds (absent, symlink or regular file) and never resolves the
-        // destination, so the link lands in one step; a real directory fails the rename.
-        string temp = Path.Join(Path.GetDirectoryName(LinkPath), $".dotnet-{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
-        File.CreateSymbolicLink(temp, target);
-        try
-        {
-            File.Move(temp, LinkPath, overwrite: true);
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            File.Delete(temp);
-        }
+        SymbolicLink.Replace(LinkPath, target);
         Console.WriteLine($"install: linked {LinkPath} to {target}");
     }
 

diff --git a/features/dotnet/config.json b/features/dotnet/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "revision": 7,
+  "revision": 8,
   "components": {
     "sdk": {
       "versions": {

diff --git a/features/ripgrep/NOTES.md b/features/ripgrep/NOTES.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ## Installed files
 
-| Source                                | Destination                                          | Mode |
-| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---- |
-| `rg`                                  | `/usr/local/bin/rg`                                  | 0755 |
-| `doc/rg.1`                            | `/usr/local/share/man/man1/rg.1`                     | 0644 |
-| `complete/rg.bash`                    | `/usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/rg`    | 0644 |
-| `complete/_rg`                        | `/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_rg`            | 0644 |
-| `complete/rg.fish`                    | `/usr/local/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/rg.fish` | 0644 |
-| `COPYING`, `LICENSE-MIT`, `UNLICENSE` | `/usr/local/share/doc/ripgrep/`                      | 0644 |
+| Source                                | Destination                                          |
+| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| `rg`                                  | `/usr/local/bin/rg`                                  |
+| `doc/rg.1`                            | `/usr/local/share/man/man1/rg.1`                     |
+| `complete/rg.bash`                    | `/usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/rg`    |
+| `complete/_rg`                        | `/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_rg`            |
+| `complete/rg.fish`                    | `/usr/local/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/rg.fish` |
+| `COPYING`, `LICENSE-MIT`, `UNLICENSE` | `/usr/local/share/doc/ripgrep/`                      |
diff --git a/features/ripgrep/README.md b/features/ripgrep/README.md
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ COPY --from=ripgrep /features/ripgrep/ /opt/devcontainer-config/features/ripgrep
 
 ## Installed files
 
-| Source                                | Destination                                          | Mode |
-| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---- |
-| `rg`                                  | `/usr/local/bin/rg`                                  | 0755 |
-| `doc/rg.1`                            | `/usr/local/share/man/man1/rg.1`                     | 0644 |
-| `complete/rg.bash`                    | `/usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/rg`    | 0644 |
-| `complete/_rg`                        | `/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_rg`            | 0644 |
-| `complete/rg.fish`                    | `/usr/local/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/rg.fish` | 0644 |
-| `COPYING`, `LICENSE-MIT`, `UNLICENSE` | `/usr/local/share/doc/ripgrep/`                      | 0644 |
+| Source                                | Destination                                          |
+| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| `rg`                                  | `/usr/local/bin/rg`                                  |
+| `doc/rg.1`                            | `/usr/local/share/man/man1/rg.1`                     |
+| `complete/rg.bash`                    | `/usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/rg`    |
+| `complete/_rg`                        | `/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_rg`            |
+| `complete/rg.fish`                    | `/usr/local/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/rg.fish` |
+| `COPYING`, `LICENSE-MIT`, `UNLICENSE` | `/usr/local/share/doc/ripgrep/`                      |
 
 ---
 

diff --git a/features/ripgrep/config.json b/features/ripgrep/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "revision": 3,
+  "revision": 4,
   "versions": {
     "15.2.0": {
       "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl": {

diff --git a/features/ripgrep/install b/features/ripgrep/install
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
-cp -p rg /usr/local/bin/rg
+ln -sfn "$PWD/rg" /usr/local/bin/rg
 
 mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
 cp -p doc/rg.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/rg.1

diff --git a/features/uv/Feature/Install.cs b/features/uv/Feature/Install.cs
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ private static void InstallBinaries(string stagedDir)
         Directory.CreateDirectory(BinDir);
         foreach (string binary in Binaries)
         {
-            string target = Path.Join(BinDir, binary);
-            File.Copy(Path.Join(stagedDir, "uv", binary), target, overwrite: true);
+            SymbolicLink.Replace(Path.Join(BinDir, binary), Path.Join(stagedDir, "uv", binary));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/features/uv/config.json b/features/uv/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "revision": 2,
+  "revision": 3,
   "components": {
     "uv": {
       "versions": {

diff --git a/scripts/verify/ripgrep/verify.ts b/scripts/verify/ripgrep/verify.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ const defaultExecs = (version: string): Exec[] => [
     command: ["sh", "-c", "command -v rg"],
     expect: { stdout: ["/usr/local/bin/rg"] },
   },
+  {
+    command: ["readlink", "-f", "/usr/local/bin/rg"],
+    expect: { stdout: ["/opt/devcontainer-config/features/ripgrep/rg"] },
+  },
   {
     command: ["sh", "-c", "printf 'alpha\\nbeta\\n' | rg beta"],
     expect: { stdout: ["beta"] },

diff --git a/scripts/verify/uv/scenarios.ts b/scripts/verify/uv/scenarios.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,14 @@ const binariesExecs = (selection: Selection): Exec[] => [
     command: ["sh", "-c", "command -v uv; command -v uvx"],
     expect: { stdout: ["/usr/local/bin/uv", "/usr/local/bin/uvx"] },
   },
-  { command: ["stat", "-c", "%a", "/usr/local/bin/uv", "/usr/local/bin/uvx"], expect: { stdout: ["755", "755"] } },
+  {
+    command: ["readlink", "-f", "/usr/local/bin/uv", "/usr/local/bin/uvx"],
+    expect: { stdout: [`${featureDir}/uv/uv`, `${featureDir}/uv/uvx`] },
+  },
+  {
+    command: ["stat", "-Lc", "%a", "/usr/local/bin/uv", "/usr/local/bin/uvx"],
+    expect: { stdout: ["755", "755"] },
+  },
   {
     command: ["sh", "-c", `for file in ${completionFiles.join(" ")}; do test -s "$file" || exit 1; done; echo present`],
     expect: { stdout: ["present"] },