Jetbrains WSL2 invalid interpolation fix

This tool aims to fix the Invalid interpolation format error which occurs on Jetbrain's IDEs when attempting to run a docker-compose application in WSL2.

How does it work?

The tool listens to any file changes in the specified target directory (Jetbrain's tmp directory). If a docker-compose file is created, it will attempt to replace the invalid paths before Jetbrains has a chance to run the docker-compose command.

Getting started

Install the application

Either download the executable

Every release has an exe file bundled with it. You can download it here to the directory of your choice.

or use pip (If you have python installed)

First we need to install the package

pip install git+ssh://git@github.com/cedriclevarlet/jbwsl2#1.0.1

How do I run it?

Double click on the executable or, in your command prompt, type

jbwsl2.exe

Once the application is running and configured, you can go back to your editor and attempt to run your application with docker-compose. Due to race condition issues, it could take a few tries before the application runs correctly.

Optional arguments

• -p: root project directory containing the docker-compose.yml file
• -t: JetBrains tmp directory
• -c: JetBrains's $Classpath$ macro. This argument can be used instead of -t to automatically determine the correct temp path

example:

jbwsl2.exe -p \\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\john\example -t C:\Users\john\AppData\Local\JetBrains\IntelliJIdea2021.1\tmp