Che dockerfiles: apply chmod only to folders to fool COW #6272
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What does this PR do?
Modify Che alpine and CentOS based Dockerfiles to apply chmod only to folders.
What issues does this PR fix or reference?
#6200 (comment): this single instruction at the end of the Dockerfile added a layer of ~185M
RUN chmod -R 0777 /home/user
That's because of copy on write: every file which permissions have been modified is duplicated in the new layer. To avoid that (and fool cow) we apply chmod only to folders: