Pycharm code inspection with remote interpreter

Question

I am using PyCharm professional edition 2018.1 I am using remote interpreter via ssh. As a result, when I use shortcuts to Inspect Code (e.g. look at the source of a function I am using in the main script), the tab that opens refers to a file on the remote server /system/remote_resources/.../...

This is quite annoying because this is not the file I need to modify, since it is just a temporary copy of the local file and it already happened to me to modify the remote file, which has no effect on the execution.

Is there a way for PyCharm code inspection to open the local script, rather than the remote copy?

This is how I configure the ssh connection. No path mappings are set.

Answer 1

You need to specify path mappings for particular run configuration or interpreter. After that your local files will point to the remote ones. E.g. /User/local/project= /User/remote/project

Path mappings for the interpreter:

Pycharm > Preferences > Project > Project Interpreter > Click on Project

Path mappings for run configurations:

Run > Edit configuration > Choose run cofig > Choose remote interperter > Fill in mappings

Just to be clear it will still cache some files: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206593675-Path-Mappings-does-not-work-for-me