Refining a Sublime Text 2 / Transmit workflow

Question

I recently changed code editors from Coda to Sublime Text 2. All in all, I am finding that ST2 fits my web development workflow almost perfectly.

My one friction point is when interacting with an FTP server. I use Transmit (from Panic) to mount the server as a mounted disk. I then open that disk as a project in ST2.

When I do that, the Command-T / Command-P shortcuts in ST2 (used to quickly open any file using fuzzy matching) and the Find In Files feature does not return results until I drill down to those directories in the sidebar.

Now, I believe this is because Transmit has yet to "open" those directories and so the file system is unaware of what is in each directory.

Is there a way to either force Transmit to "open" those directories so they load instantly in ST2, or another alternative I haven't discovered yet?

Answer 1

Answering my own question here.

A follower on Twitter recommended Sublime FTP ($16), a third-party add-on by the author of Package Control, Will Bond.

For my own setup, I use his Sublime SFTP Solution which maps a local folder to the remote version. This setup allows me to quickly access my files.

Since working with remote files can come with some risk, I use Joel Thornton's Automatic Backups add-on to create a time-stamped backup of whatever file I have just saved. That way, in case something tragic happens, I can quickly roll back to an earlier version of my file.