remote-ftp: Uncaught Error: Remote FTP: getConfigPath returned false, but expected a string

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Atom Version: 1.12.7 Electron Version: 1.3.13 System: Mac OS X 10.12.1 Thrown From: Remote-FTP package, v0.9.4

Stack Trace

Uncaught Error: Remote FTP: getConfigPath returned false, but expected a string

At /Users/cloudspider/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/lib/client.js:118

Error: Remote FTP: getConfigPath returned false, but expected a string
    at Client.readConfig (/Users/cloudspider/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/lib/client.js:118:47)
    at HTMLAnchorElement.<anonymous> (/Users/cloudspider/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/lib/views/tree-view.js:208:27)
    at HTMLDivElement.dispatch (/Users/cloudspider/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:4435:9)
    at HTMLDivElement.elemData.handle (/Users/cloudspider/.atom/packages/Remote-FTP/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:4121:28)

Commands

     -0:01.3.0 remote-ftp:toggle (atom-pane.pane.active)

Config

{
  "core": {},
  "Remote-FTP": {}
}

Installed Packages

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japanese-menu, v1.9.0 (active)
merge-conflicts, v1.4.4 (active)
Remote-FTP, v0.9.4 (active)
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# Dev
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Most upvoted comments

I seem to get this error if I do not have a file from the project open and currently in focus. Once I open a local file from the project I can connect to the remote site without error.

It also worked for me to open any file and then connect to the given server…

for my part the issue happen on OSX with a case-sensitive FS (sparsebundle). I had to move my project on a non case-sensitive FS to get it works.