Fix /workspaces permissions so the node user can clone repos#30
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/workspacesfailed for the non-rootnodeuser because the base image creates the directory as root and envbuilder (Coder) does not chown it to the target user:Changes
.devcontainer/Dockerfile: Create/workspacesandchownit tonode(before the trailingUSER node) so the directory is writable on both the devcontainer CLI and envbuilder paths.scripts/verify-devcontainer.sh: Add a check asserting/workspacesis writable by the current user (via a throwawaymkdirprobe) to guard against regressions.RUN mkdir -p /workspaces && chown node:node /workspaces