larabash.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Launch a bash session in your docker workspace, from a specified starting directory.
#
# Usage: larabash [workdir]
#    workdir: path to starting root directory (defaults to name of current directory)
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# Parent directory of project on host machine
# for example, project is at /path/to/project/parent/project
HOSTROOT="/path/to/project/parent"

# Parent directory of project volume in container
# for example, project mounts to /var/www/project
CONTAINERROOT="/var/www"

# the magic :O
HOSTPWD=${PWD/$HOSTROOT\//}
WORKDIR=${1:-${HOSTPWD}}

# Replace with your host root project path
cd $HOSTROOT/project

# Replace with your launch command of choice, important part is --workdir
docker-compose exec --workdir="$CONTAINERROOT/$WORKDIR" container-name bash