Docker environment variables set for a container aren’t available to scripts run by cron inside it, even when cron runs as the same user. After confirming the cause and finding no clean fix, I settle on a workaround: saving the needed variable to a file in the entry point script and reading it back from the cron job...
While working through the Missing Semester material, I wanted my zsh prompt to display the current git branch name. A bit of searching led me to install Oh My Zsh and enable its git and macos plugins to accomplish it...
