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binpash / try

try

Inspect, control, and manipulate a command's effects before modifying your live system.

11Distinct people
11Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
5.5KGitHub stars
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What it is

Inspect, control, and manipulate a command's effects before modifying your live system.

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HN mentions by year11 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-06-23 15:33:06 UTC to 2026-10-21 22:49:45 UTC.

02462023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 3 submissions, 3 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

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20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC633
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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> Part #2 to me, I also want observability as to what the agent changed. You could potentially combine https://github.com/binpash/try with bubblewrap (I'm not sure how well they compose and as the docs say it isn't a full sandbox). The good (and bad because it's confusing and can lead to surprises if misconfigured) thing about Linux containers is all the pieces of containers can be used independently. The "try" tool lets you use the overlay part of containers on your host system, just like Bubblewrap lets you combine the namespacing parts of containers with your host system.
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