microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Add support for includes in SSH profile generator

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Description

Description of the new feature

SSH profile generator currently doesn't seems to support includes so:

.ssh/config:
Include config.d/*

.ssh/config.d/:
config1
config2
config3

result in no profile being generated.

I do think it is a common was to structure profiles, especially when having many, would be nice for it to work in terminal.

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Research direction

Start at the SSH profile generator entry point and trace how .ssh/config entries are discovered. Verify that an Include config.d/* entry produces profiles for config1, config2, and config3; no test file is named in the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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