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Remote Workspace Tools

Remote Workspace Tools

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Tools for remote SSH work: Unix permission badges with read-only auto-toggle, plus a quick remote-folder switcher.
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Remote Workspace Tools

A bundle of tools for working over SSH remotes.

Permission Badges

Decorates files in the Explorer with their Unix permissions while you're in a remote SSH session.

  • ∅ (dimmed) — no read access
  • ᴿ — read-only; the editor is also auto-switched to read-only when opened
  • Empty folders are dimmed and marked (empty) in the tooltip
  • A two-letter badge derived from the owning group on writable files
  • Tooltip on every entry shows owner:group and the rwxr-xr-x permission bits

Decorations refresh on file changes, when the window regains focus (catching chmod/chown made outside the editor), and on demand.

  • Perm Badges: Refresh — clear the cache and re-evaluate every decoration

Quick Remotes

A status-bar button (left side) for jumping to SSH remote folders you use often.

Remotes are defined in the quickRemotes.remotes setting — each entry has a uri and an optional title:

"quickRemotes.remotes": {
  "prod-api": {
    "uri": "vscode-remote://ssh-remote+prod.example.com/srv/api",
    "title": "Production API box"
  },
  "build": {
    "uri": "vscode-remote://ssh-remote+build01/home/ci/workspace"
  }
}

Pick a remote to open it in a new window. With a single configured remote, the button shows its name and opens it directly.

  • Quick Remotes: Pick Remote — choose a remote to open
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