using this https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=emeraldwalk.RunOnSave and a little rsync command, i finally got it so i can mirror a repo i'm working on into a VM i'm testing in, seamlessly. the editor is set to auto-save when i switch context or after a timeout so i won't have to find myself hammering away at the same command expecting it to do something new that i added and it not being synced yet.