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#!/bin/sh

# {{{ reused colors/formatting
b="$(tput bold)"
sgr0="$(tput sgr0)"

f1="$(tput setaf 1)"
f6b="${b}$(tput setaf 6)"
# }}}

RRethy

Seamlessly editing remote files in (Neo)Vim with Netrw and scp

Neovim and Vim both come bundled with a standard plugin called Netrw. Netrw acts a file explorer (similar to NERDTree), but more importantly has the ability to work with scp (as well as sftp, rcp, ftp, and lots of others :h netrw-nread) to let you edit files and browse directories that are hosted on a remote machine, inside of your local Vim instance.

This is useful since you are able to use your Vim setup and plugins without copying over your dotfiles to the remote machine. As well, since the file is copied to your local machine, there will be no delay when typing.

Setup

This is optional for Vim, but required for Neovim (check this Neovim issue explaining why).

danidiaz

	  ---			-----------------			----
	  Map			Quick Explanation			Link
	  ---			-----------------			----
<	 <F1>	Causes Netrw to issue help
	 <cr>	Netrw will enter the directory or read the file      |netrw-cr|
	 <del>	Netrw will attempt to remove the file/directory      |netrw-del|
	 <c-h>	Edit file hiding list                                |netrw-ctrl-h|
	 <c-l>	Causes Netrw to refresh the directory listing        |netrw-ctrl-l|
	 <c-r>	Browse using a gvim server                           |netrw-ctrl-r|
	 <c-tab> Shrink/expand a netrw/explore window                |netrw-c-tab|

subfuzion

There are certain files created by particular editors, IDEs, operating systems, etc., that do not belong in a repository. But adding system-specific files to the repo's .gitignore is considered a poor practice. This file should only exclude files and directories that are a part of the package that should not be versioned (such as the node_modules directory) as well as files that are generated (and regenerated) as artifacts of a build process.

All other files should be in your own global gitignore file:

• Create a file called .gitignore in your home directory and add any filepath patterns you want to ignore.
• Tell git where your global gitignore file is.

Note: The specific name and path you choose aren't important as long as you configure git to find it, as shown below. You could substitute .config/git/ignore for .gitignore in your home directory, if you prefer.