Can Devfiles be hidden or removed from Developer workspaces in OpenShift Dev Spaces?

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This is a common question from platform owners or administrators that whether it’s possible to hide or remove the devfile.yaml from a project’s workspace, particularly to prevent developers from viewing or modifying it within their editors.

Why Devfiles are meant to be visible?

  • Essential to the workspace:
    In OpenShift Dev Spaces, the

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