How to edit Docker container files from the host?

Question

Now that I found a way to expose host files to the container (-v option) I would like to do kind of the opposite:

How can I edit files from a running container with

Answer 1

The way I am doing is using Emacs with docker package installed. I would recommend Spacemacs version of Emacs. I would follow the following steps:

1) Install Emacs (Instruction) and install Spacemacs (Instruction)

2) Add docker in your .spacemacs file

3) Start Emacs

4) Find file (SPC+f+f) and type /docker::/

5) Now your emacs will use the container environment to edit the files