Always create working directory when using compat API

Docker/Moby always create the working directory, and some tools
rely on that behavior (example, woodpecker/drone).

Fixes #11842

Signed-off-by: Michael Scherer <misc@redhat.com>

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go
index 94d20a04a..1e175d664 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ func CreateContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		utils.Error(w, "Something went wrong.", http.StatusInternalServerError, errors.Wrap(err, "fill out specgen"))
 		return
 	}
+	// moby always create the working directory
+	sg.CreateWorkingDir = true
 
 	ic := abi.ContainerEngine{Libpod: runtime}
 	report, err := ic.ContainerCreate(r.Context(), sg)
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 9f398a0ed..f3dc28b01 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ func createContainerOptions(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.
 	if s.WorkDir == "" {
 		s.WorkDir = "/"
 	}
+	if s.CreateWorkingDir {
+		options = append(options, libpod.WithCreateWorkingDir())
+	}
 	if s.StopSignal != nil {
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithStopSignal(*s.StopSignal))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/specgen.go b/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
index 8a4497130..d777287d7 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ type ContainerStorageConfig struct {
 	// If unset, the default, /, will be used.
 	// Optional.
 	WorkDir string `json:"work_dir,omitempty"`
+	// Create the working directory if it doesn't exist.
+	// If unset, it doesn't create it.
+	// Optional.
+	CreateWorkingDir bool `json:"create_working_dir,omitempty"`
 	// StorageOpts is the container's storage options
 	// Optional.
 	StorageOpts map[string]string `json:"storage_opts,omitempty"`