How to make it so that when opening a copy of a file from FTP, it downloads a new one?

Question

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There is a remote project, in netbeans you first download the necessary files, then you edit them and they are uploaded to the server. The problem is that if the file changes on the server, then you are still working with the old version.
Is it possible to do something so that when opening a file, it is downloaded first from the FTP new one?

Answer 1

Use either source control (git) or at least rsync (if you have ssh access)

Answer 2

There are 2 suggestions:
1) Switch to JetBrains products (there is an option to check files on the server);
2) Use the file synchronization in WinSCP (but this is a manual method).