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I'm always a bit puzzled that people seem to want every editor to re-implement this same feature.

What's wrong with sshfs? That does it at the OS level and it then works for everything?

sshfs is slow on macosx. Also, you have to remember to have a separate terminal opened on the remote machine if you want to do any git stuff. Using your local terminal and just cding into the mount point should work, but in practice it doesn't. The commands are just super laggy.

Also, you have to remember to mount and unmount the drive outside of the editor, (especially if you close your laptop for a while), whereas if the editor manages the connection, then it's transparent to your normal workflow.

I've had issues where sshfs hangs in uninterruptible sleep if the connection is lost.

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