Add GitHub CLI to devcontainer with persistent auth#47
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Install gh via nix profile alongside the other bootstrap tooling, and persist its credentials across rebuilds with a named volume mounted at ~/.config/gh. Add CONTRIBUTOR.md documenting gh auth and how to create a minimal-permission fine-grained token.
Condense the token instructions to the minimal required permissions and add a signing-commits section clarifying that only a signing key (SSH or GPG) belongs in the container -- an SSH authentication key grants full account access and would bypass the fine-grained PAT.
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Summary
gh(GitHub CLI) in the devcontainer vianix profile install, alongside the existing bootstrap tooling (direnv, nodejs).ghcredentials across container rebuilds using a named volume (gh-config-${devcontainerId}) mounted at~/.config/gh— the same pattern the.claudeconfig already uses. ThepostCreateCommandchown is extended to cover the new volume sogh(running asvscode) can write to it.CONTRIBUTOR.mddocumentinggh auth login, noting that the token survives rebuilds, and walking through creating a fine-grained personal access token with least-privilege permissions scoped to a single repository.Notes
GH_TOKENenv var is wired up — the token is stored byghin the persisted volume rather than as a plaintext env var on the host.