Support using a url in `vim.vimrc.path` setting
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
My main vim configuration lives in a local file at ~/.config/nvim/init.vim. I use this for both vscode, and neovim via vim.vimrc.path setting. This means if I go to a new machine / fresh vscode install and sync my vs code settings via the builtin syncing, I still need need to grab this init.vim and set the vim.vimrc.path setting to wherever I downloaded the file. It also means that the github.dev web version of vscode has no way to get my hotkeys/vimrc (as far as i know).
Describe the solution you'd like
Let us set vim.vimrc.path setting to a url. For instance, I would like to be able to load my vimrc in vscode vim from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kleutzinger/dotfiles/master/.config/nvim/init.vim which is always up to date, as that is where I store my dotfiles. Hopefully, this would also work in github.dev.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I could work around this by moving my hotkeys into vscode's settings.json, but this would mean that my neovim config and my vscode config could fall out of sync, as they would live in two different places.
An alternative approach could be to have a separate setting vim.vimrc.url.
Additional context
example screenshot:


note 1: maybe there is a security concert with this, but that would be the users responsibility to choose a safe url?
note 2: i love how well vscode vim is able to parse my local vimrc! thanks for that :)
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Research direction
Start by locating how the vim.vimrc.path setting is read and how local vimrc files are loaded. Review the requested raw GitHub URL example and consider the stated github.dev use case and security concern. Done means a URL can be configured through the setting and the remote vimrc is loaded consistently with a local one.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vim
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100