Hello all,
I have been happily using KDE Plasma and Kate for 2 years.
I am using Git. My Git repository contains a .kateproject file. Just like the official Kate github by the way. When I launch Kate on the git repository, Kate is able t see the content of the directory (the .git and the .kateproject) so the integrated Git module + project setup work flawlessly.
Now I need to do work remotely :
- a distant workstation (with KDE Plasma) with Git repositories, project, etc …
- and a local laptop (with KDE Plasma in the best case; with Win11 worst case) with no repository allowed on it.
Using KIO and the “network” tab of Dolphin, I can get a directory of the workstation mounted on the laptop. Files are accessible and I am able to edit workstation files, using the laptop Kate. Internet is full of example of this.
The issue is that I want to open a directory (not a file), through SSH, namely the workstation’s git repository. When I do this, Kate report an empty directory and the “output” tab says that no “.git” directory was found.
Why is that ?
Workarounds: Manually using SSHFS to mount the directory works and Kate behaves correctly.
Non-workarounds: I do not want to do RDP, VNC, … I do not want to run Kate on the workstation and stream to my laptop.
Thank you all