[FEATURE] Remote -> Local Path Mapping

[lankhaar]

Hi and thanks for this amazing extension you delivered! :-D

I wondered, would it be possible to provide a path mapping from local to remote so that when the user tries to up-/download a file or directory, it will automatically map the item to the respective location in the application.

Perhaps this could then go hand in hand with new features like an "open in remote" and "upload to remote" context item when right clicking a file in the project tree.

How it works

• Map a local path to a deployment path (example);
• Now you should be able to upload/download a file without providing local path because it should use the auto mapping if exists;
• So when a mapping is provided, this window should no longer pop up (or it should be prefilled with the mapped path):

Example

• Configure Root of remote project and specify a Deployment path relative to the remote root;
  • Root: /home/user/sites;
  • Deployment: /mysite;

For download:

• Download file /mysite/public/index.php from remote;
• Open dialogue and prefill vscode-cwd/public/index.php as download path.

For upload:

• Right click file or directory in vscode project tree (eg. /public/index.php)
• Select: Upload to > My connection
• Upload file to /home/user/sites/mysite/public/index.php

[cweijan]

I don't understand what this feature does. Is there any other software that provides this feature?

If the path is too deep, you may consider using the favorite.

[lankhaar]

Hi @cweijan and thanks for your quick response!

Yes there's other software that provides this functionality. All JetBrains IDE's do for instance.

I have updated the issue with a how it works, I hope it's more clear now :-)

[cweijan]

Thanks for the detailed addition, but sorry I don't plan to develop this feature, I think git should be used for code synchronization.

[lankhaar]

Hi @cweijan , Although I completely respect your desicion on this topic, I'm not really sure why you mention using git for code synchronization. I obviously do and am not requesting this feature so I could deploy entire features to a remote server. There's a lot of use cases where you'd want to sync a file from local to remote or vice versa which doesn't actually involve a replacement of continues deployment. Why support upload/download at all if this is your point of view?

Only reason I requested this feature is because I knew it from Jetbrains products and it was a huge quality of life. I thought perhaps you could also include this since it expands on an existing feature, introducing a huge quality of life to everyone who does use the upload/download for whatever reason.

Again; I completely respect your decision if you indeed decide not to implement it, I love the extension and your work. I just wanted to clear the air the on misconception that this feature is only for code synchronization as a replacement of CD