Bind mount not copying files to container

[evan-burke]

Quick note for anyone changing the mount point in wsl.conf - this requires a full Windows reboot in order to take effect. Here is the section I use in my /etc/wsl.conf -

[automount]
enabled = true
root = /

Note also that only paths under /c/ can be mounted to a container (assuming C: is your shared drive in Docker for Windows), per tekki’s comment here in another thread:

Fail to mount a volume to container?

a) A command that works everywhere (in PowerShell too) is ... -v "$(pwd):/build" ... b) Only paths under /c/… are mounted to the Docker VM and can be mounted to a container. Click on ‘Settings’ on the Docker symbol in the taskbar and go to Resources–FILE SHARING to see which drives are available. (I assume you installed the stable version and not a tech preview.)