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Sometimes we could find some projects with repositories remotes and  the developers needs to modify the files directly in this file system, in order to test in their dev web space i.e http://www.user.dev

If developers has a good bandwith to work with a remote file system as local we will use the  option # 1 described below.

These instructions will work in Ubuntu and Debian O.S if you have a different O.S you must look up a similar services and programs

Network File System Over SSH

Install Packages

#sudo apt-get install fuse-utils sshfs

Add your use to fuse group

sudo adduser [your-user] fuse

Create a local folder

#mkdir ~/local-folder

Mount the system
#sshfs [your-user]@remote-server:remote-folder ~/local-folder

Just in case your bandwidth won't enough to support developing using a Network File System you must use the option # 2 described below

Sync remote repositories using rsync

This option enable the possibility to maintain a local copy of files (NOT Database or Web Server)m in order to enable a quick edition.

Install Packages

#sudo apt-get install rsync

rsync Options

--delete deletes files that don't exist on the system being backed up.(Optional)
-a preserves the date and times of the files (same as -rlptgoD).
-z compresses the data
-v verbose
-vv increases the verbosity of the reporting process
-n For testing Dry-run
-C ignore CVS and Subversion folder/files
-e specify the remote shell to use

Get local copy
#rsync -vz -C -e ssh your-user@remoteserver:/remotefolder ~/localfolder

Push changes
#rsync -vz -C -e ssh ~/localfolder your-user@removeserver:/remotefolder

Aliases in .bashrc
pull='rsync -vz -C -e ssh rob@rob.dev:/var/webdev/sites/dev/rob/ ~/workspace/us.rob.dev'
push 'rsync -vz -C -e ssh ~/workspace/us.rob.dev rob@rob.dev:/var/webdev/sites

Doesn't matter if you choose option # 1 or option # 2 you are able now to edit the code and create a project using your favorite IDE like netbeans or Eclipse PDT

Enjoy IT.