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Put this in your .bash_profile(s) to open VS Code on your local machine while SSH'd into a remote machine.
# this needs to be on the *remote* machine.
if [ ! -z "$SSH_CLIENT" ]
then
function code() {
local ssh_client_host=$(echo $SSH_CLIENT | cut -d ' ' -f1)
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
local argpath="."
else
local argpath="$1"
fi
# ssh-remote requires a directory
local resolved=$(realpath -m $argpath)
if [ -f "$resolved" ]; then
local resolved=$(dirname $resolved)
fi
ssh $ssh_client_host code \
--folder-uri=vscode-remote://ssh-remote+$(hostname)$resolved
}
fi
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kevinnls commented Jan 20, 2022

neat!

i'd prefer wrapping the code() definition itself in the if statement checking for SSH_CLIENT. that way the init file simply doesn't define the code function unless it's been started over ssh. this way there's no complication in local logins mode =D

also using local variables removes the need to unset afterwards

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