zed-industries/zed · error

cannot open both local and ssh paths

Error message

cannot open both local and ssh paths

What it means

Raised in parse_ssh_file_path when an SSH path is being opened while open_paths already contains local file paths. A single open request cannot mix local and SSH destinations, so the guard rejects the URL with this sentinel before adding it.

Source

Thrown at crates/zed/src/zed/open_listener.rs:301

    }

    fn parse_ssh_file_path(&mut self, file: &str, cx: &App) -> Result<()> {
        let url = parse_ssh_url(file)?;
        let host = match url
            .host()
            .with_context(|| format!("missing host in ssh url: {url}"))?
        {
            url::Host::Domain(host) => host.to_string(),
            url::Host::Ipv4(host) => host.to_string(),
            url::Host::Ipv6(host) => host.to_string(),
        };
        let username = if url.username().is_empty() {
            None
        } else {
            Some(urlencoding::decode(url.username())?.into_owned())
        };
        let port = url.port();
        anyhow::ensure!(
            self.open_paths.is_empty(),
            "cannot open both local and ssh paths"
        );
        let mut connection_options =
            RemoteSettings::get_global(cx).connection_options_for(host, port, username);
        if let Some(password) = url.password() {
            connection_options.password = Some(urlencoding::decode(password)?.into_owned());
        }

        let connection_options = RemoteConnectionOptions::Ssh(connection_options);
        if let Some(ssh_connection) = &self.remote_connection {
            anyhow::ensure!(
                *ssh_connection == connection_options,
                "cannot open multiple different remote connections"
            );
        }
        self.remote_connection = Some(connection_options);
        self.parse_file_path(url.path());

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Solutions

1. Open local and SSH paths in separate requests/windows

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/zed/src/zed/open_listener.rs:301 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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