vscode-docs/remote-release-notes/v1_62.md

October 2021 (version 1.62)

Containers (version 0.205.x)

Dev Containers releases for VS Code 1.62.x with versions 0.205.x. (Issue grooming milestone.)

New configuration videos

New advanced container configuration videos to help you:

• Persist bash history in your container.
• Work with monorepos that contain multiple independent projects.
• Run npm install when a container is created.
• Add a local folder to your dev container.

SSH

Sort Folders in Remote Explorer Alphabetically

A new setting was added to Remote - SSH, remote.SSH.foldersSortOrder, that allows you to sort your folders under the targets in the SSH Remote Explorer either alphabetically or in order of most recently opened.

WSL

The hover over the Remote indicator now shows you whether the current Linux distribution is a WSL 1 or WSL 2 distro:

Additionally, the distro pickers and the Remote Explorer put a label ("wsl1") after the WSL 1 distros:

We recommend using WSL 2 for better performance.