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Rename "Add New SSH Host..."
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Description
In the "Remote-SSH: Connect to Host..." dialog, I'd like to suggest/request that the "Add New SSH Host..." option is renamed.
We recently had to change which node of a cluster we log into from node_a to node_b. To connect to node_b, 100% of VS Code users (including myself 🙃) clicked "Add New SSH Host..." and entered node_b. This causes VSC to add the useless lines
Host node_b
HostName node_b
to the top of ~/.ssh/config, which breaks the existing config. Now users can't even SSH into node_b from the terminal, which was working before attempting to connect using VSC.
Users were all surprised to learn you could simply type node_b into the "Connect to Host..." dialog, and that this was not considered "adding a new host".
I think this confusion would be resolved if the dialog included a line like "Enter hostname" and a separate line named "Add new host to .ssh/config". The latter would have the functionality that's currently under "Add New SSH Host..."
Thank you!
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