Support building from Dockerfile.in templates in devcontainer.json using configurable preprocessing tool#1233
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Fixes: #1223
Issue Description: Podman supports building from Dockerfile.in files by using the system cpp preprocessor to generate a valid Dockerfile before the build runs. Dev Containers do not currently support this workflow. The existing CLI reads the Dockerfile directly, identifies the final FROM stage, and then extends it with features. When the input is a Dockerfile.in that has not been preprocessed yet, the CLI may not see a resolved FROM instruction, which causes the build flow to fail.
Solution: The CLI now detects Dockerfile.in before parsing or build flow begins, and preprocesses it through a single configured tool invocation instead of an arbitrary list of shell commands. The preprocessor contract is now explicit: the user declares a tool, fixed args, and either an outputMode for direct-output tools like cpp, or a generatedDockerfile path for generator-style tools like cmake or meson. The CLI always owns the final preprocessed Dockerfile location and normalizes it to .devcontainer-preprocessed/Dockerfile, then continues the existing build flow using that file. This works in both the single-container path and the Docker Compose path.