[1oooqooq]

if i understood that page, debug shell is... "exec" with a nicer .bashprofile and injected text editor binary???

[tanduv]

It's installing additional packages which may not have been included in your base image.

> Debug Shell works by injecting a debugging environment using: > NixOS for a large package collection, and flexibility with filesystem paths

https://orbstack.dev/blog/debug-shell?utm_source=relnotes

[huimang]

It's an alternative to https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/debug/, which is also a paid feature.

Debugging slim or distroless images is quite the pain, so a tool like this is worth it if you're frequently working on such images.