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chroot into an initramfs with a single command
#!/bin/bash
set -e
if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
echo "usage: ramfs-chroot <ramfs_image>"
exit 1
fi
RAMFS=$1
DIR=$(mktemp -d)
trap "rm -rf '$DIR'" EXIT
trap "exit" SIGINT SIGTERM
echo "-> unpacking $1 to $DIR"
unmkinitramfs "$1" "$DIR"
echo -n "-> "
ls "$DIR/main"
echo "-> changing root"
fakechroot chroot "$DIR/main" "/bin/sh"
echo "" # add linebreak after last sh prompt
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note that this keeps the host's environment variables, which should be fixed at some point (how exactly do the initramfs environment variables look? are there any?)

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