Edit over SSH

[firelizzard18]

Issue Type

Feature Request

Description

I would like an action, "Open Remote File (SFTP)", that would open a file on a remote system, using SFTP (SSH FTP).

This would

• Open an editor pane with the contents of the file
• Update the file on the remote system whenever I save the editor pane

This would not

• Show anything in the explorer pane or any other side pane, beyond the editor entry in open editors

Why this is not a duplicate?

Technically, this is a duplicate of #23076. However, that issue was incorrectly closed as a duplicate of allow reading from stdin (#7320/#6161). This was incorrect as "remote editing by SSH" is very different from "allow reading from stdin".

This is distinct from #27423 as that issue is "open remote folder via SSH", not file. From a UI perspective, opening a file is much simpler, as the only UI needed is an editor pane and a few commands. A remote folder requires the contents of that folder to be displayed somewhere, such as the explorer pane.

VS Code Info

VS Code version: Code 1.20.1 (f88bbf9, 2018-02-13T15:34:36.336Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.16299

[jrieken]

Kind of a dupe of #29194 but once that (monster) item is done extension will be able to implement this. There is already a experimental implementation for ftp doing this (see https://github.com/jrieken/ftp-sample). So, ultimately closing as 'extension-candidate' but the API hasn't been finalised yet.

[vscodebot]

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[firelizzard18]

@jrieken Does the same hold true for #27423? That is, being closed as an extension candidate pending the remote API? Because it sounds like the report API is a remote FS API, which sounds like it would support directories.

[jrieken]

report API is a remote FS API, which sounds like it would support directories.

Yup, that's what it will be

[mjbvz]

We just announced remote development with VS Code, check out the blog post for details