FeatReq: Host/group folding

[ghoffart]

My .ssh/config has a lot of entries like

GroupNameA-ServerName1
GroupNameA-ServerName2
GroupNameA-ServerName3
GroupNameB-ServerName1
GroupNameB-ServerName2
GroupNameB-ServerName3

It’d be cool to have an option for sshs like --grouping where all similar named "GroupNameX" are in collapsable folders like:

GroupNameA--Servername1
……………………………-Servername2
……………………………-Servername3
GroupNameB+-[3 entries]

So GroupNameA is uncollapsed here, and GroupNameB collapsed, hiding another 3 entries prefixed with GroupNameB.

See also #21 - may has a weak dependency.

[quantumsheep]

I like this feature! --grouping could require a pattern like --grouping "%s-%s" so everyone can use their specific format. What do you think?

[ghoffart]

Even better, good suggestion and gives some more flexibility. I hope it doesn’t add too much complexity.

[Ciriol]

Could it be the same with a nested configuration :
~/.ssh/config.d/
|-GroupName-1
|-GroupName-2
Each files "GroupName-x" contain a list of hosts ?