microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools
Launch debug unit test with program cmake.launchTargetPath always run the same test
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Description
### Brief Issue Summary
Hello. Probably this is by design, but given that we cant run the tests from side panel using cmake.testProgram (#3505) its 'the only way to support launch and debug a unit test.
Current config
```
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(gdb) Launch Debug UnitTest",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"stopAtEntry": true,
"externalConsole": false,
"logging": {
"trace": false
},
"environment": [
{
"name": "LD_LIBRARY_PATH",
"value": "whateverasdasd"
}
],
"MIMode": "gdb",
"setupCommands": [
{
"text": "-gdb-set auto-load safe-path /opt/",
"description": "enable safe path",
"ignoreFailures": false
}
]
},
],
"inputs": [
{
"id": "whateverSysPath",
"type": "command",
"command": "shellCommand.execute",
"args": {
"command": "ls -d -1 /opt/whatever/*/*",
"useSingleResult": true
}
},
]
}
```
We would like to get the list of available target unit test to run always we run this config. However, it only prompt the user once and then all subsequent executions run the same test, it does not even ask which target / unit test you would like to select.
The workaround is to go the side panel and click on the edit button...
Is there any way to force select or don't save the launch target path?

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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing how the CMake Tools configuration handles the ${command:cmake.launchTargetPath} variable and how the side-panel test target selection works. Compare this with the reported cmake.testProgram limitation and determine whether launch target selection can be made repeatable. Done means each launch can select an available unit-test target instead of reusing the previously selected one.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, testing-qa, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100