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>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py b/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
index 1ad1e7f15..e6f7d992d 100644
--- a/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
+++ b/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
@@ -251,3 +251,17 @@ class TestContainers(unittest.TestCase):
         ctr.start()
         ret, out = ctr.exec_run(["stat", "-c", "%u:%g", "/workspace"])
         self.assertEqual(out.rstrip(), b'1042:1043', "UID/GID set in dockerfile")
+
+
+    def test_non_existant_workdir(self):
+        dockerfile = (B'FROM quay.io/libpod/alpine:latest\n'
+                      B'USER root\n'
+                      B'WORKDIR /workspace/scratch\n'
+                      B'RUN touch test')
+        img: Image
+        img, out = self.client.images.build(fileobj=io.BytesIO(dockerfile))
+        ctr: Container = self.client.containers.create(image=img.id, detach=True, command="top",
+                                                       volumes=["test_non_existant_workdir:/workspace"])
+        ctr.start()
+        ret, out = ctr.exec_run(["stat", "/workspace/scratch/test"])
+        self.assertEqual(ret, 0, "Working directory created if it doesn't exist")