From 41c5d261afa1592b9285599cdf49cb56c93c419a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taka <taka@vm-linux-dev>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:13:56 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Run the Docker container using the caller's UID/GID.

---
 Dockerfile        | 4 ++++
 run-containers.sh | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f268192..cc22d8b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ RUN rm -f asl_articles/config/debug.cfg
 # copy the alembic files (so that users can upgrade their database)
 COPY alembic alembic
 
+# NOTE: We set these so that we can update the database outside the container.
+ENV UID=$DOCKER_UID
+ENV GID=$DOCKER_GID
+
 # launch the web server
 EXPOSE 5000
 ENV DBCONN undefined
diff --git a/run-containers.sh b/run-containers.sh
index 6e880dc..41060cf 100755
--- a/run-containers.sh
+++ b/run-containers.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export AUTHOR_ALIASES=
 export ENABLE_TESTS=
 NO_BUILD=
 export BUILD_NETWORK=
+export DOCKER_UID=$(id -u)
+export DOCKER_GID=$(id -g)
 
 # parse the command-line arguments
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then