microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
`sourceFileMap` should be user configurable
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Feature Request
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- TypeScript
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Description
Feature Request
sourceFileMap is often a user or machine specific configuration for debugging, yet it can only be specified in .vscode/launch.json entries. This makes those configs not commitable to git, although they should be.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how sourceFileMap is read from .vscode/launch.json entries and how VS Code extension configuration is defined. Determine where user- or machine-specific values could be configured without requiring launch.json changes. Done means sourceFileMap can be supplied outside committed launch configurations while preserving existing behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100