I like the remote editing stuff in VSCode, but I often end up having to rsync things at some point since I need to test code on remote servers, but I sometimes

I like the remote editing stuff in VSCode, but I often end up having to rsync things at some point since I need to test code on remote servers, but I sometimes need access to other resources only available on my local machine. I can use VSCode for the editing, but I can use mutagen for the syncing. VSCode also ate some of my remote work before so I started using an extension that created periodic backups on the remote so that if it happened again I wouldn't lose much if any work. That hasn't happened in a while, but it was bad enough that I want to ensure it doesn't happen again. I tried an rsync extension, but it was flaky and poorly maintained. With something like git I'd have to create WIP commits, remember to push & pull and then remember to clean up the changes before merging.