microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
How to open specific file in remote container from vscode://vscode-remote link
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Description
I am able to open a dev-container to a particular directory with the following.
vscode://vscode-remote/dev-container+<hex_path>/workspaces
However I have been unseccessful in finding a way to specify opening a file from that point.
For example, a straight forward approach such as
vscode://vscode-remote/dev-container+<hex_path>/workspaces/path/to/file
will attempt to open the remote space on the file, rather than the workspace with the file open.
Is there a format that allows you to specify the file after specifying the remote space?
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