Move files

Files move over ssh with the tools you already have. There is no file API; the tree is a directory and ssh reaches it.

Copy

scp ./fixtures/users.json api:/home/kl/workspace/fixtures/scp -r api:/home/kl/workspace/dist ./dist

Sync

rsync -az --delete ./src/ api:/home/kl/workspace/src/rsync -az api:/home/kl/workspace/coverage/ ./coverage/

Read and write without a copy

ssh api 'cat ~/workspace/package.json' | jq .versionssh api 'cat > ~/workspace/.env.local' < ./.env.local

Editors

An editor's remote mode does the same over the same ssh config; see Editors.

What lives where

A clone or restore carries the whole home, credentials included; it is always your own workspace, never shared with another.