Option for using Atom for the web-based editor

[unrealapex]

It would be nice to be able to use Atom alongside VS Code in the web based editor because it provides a better UI for working with Git. Some Git features like amending commits aren't available through VS Code's UI(I'd assume for simplicity).

[bpasero]

What about these actions to amend commits?

[unrealapex]

I don't have those options in the editor. I'm assuming your screenshot is from Codespaces, what I mean is the web editor with no compute, see this and also this.

[metaskills]

Would this be possible using the new SSH feature and using Atom with a locally mounted SSH drive? Is that even possible?

[asciimike]

Following up on this, it feels like something like https://atom.io/packages/remote-atom might be the answer here. Couple that with some new CLI functionality to make ssh "just work" (cli/cli#4915) it feels like this might become fairly straightforward in the near future. I think an optimization on top of this might be to make an atom package for codespaces that encapsulates some of this.

[phaseOne]

@unrealapex amending commits isn't shown because the web IDE is effectively pushing changes to the remote GitHub repo on each commit; there is no local git repo with the web IDE. Therefore, amending a commit would require a force push, and this would break collaboration.

Having said that, I too think it would be nice to have the capability to force push changes when working on a feature branch that doesn't have any collaborators. I suggest retitling your post, or split out the request to amend commits as a separate feature. If you don't plan to do this, I will make a new post regarding amending commits.

[unrealapex]

Thanks, that explains a lot! New discussion on amending commits here.