Configuring launch.json, task.json and settings.json for debugging in VS Code with git bash as default terminal? - visual-studio-code

Question

I am trying to configure the Debugger in VSCode
I looked through official documentation to setup the VSCode debugger for C/C++ but it's not working.
Documentation states the steps for setting up vscode debugger for
powershell in windows.
But I am trying to set-up debugger with git bash as my default integrated terminal in windows.
I have added git bash as default terminal but I am not able to setup debugger with git bash as integrated terminal.
Default configuration files :
launch.json
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "g++.exe - Build and debug active file",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\MinGW\\bin\\gdb.exe",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
],
"preLaunchTask": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file"
}
]
}
The property :
"externalConsole": false
is set to false as I want VSCode to use the integrated default bash terminal instead of using external terminal for debugging.
tasks.json :
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "shell",
"label": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file",
"command": "C:\\MinGW\\bin\\g++.exe",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
c_cpp_properties.json
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"compilerPath": "C:\\MinGW\\bin\\gcc.exe",
"cStandard": "c11",
"cppStandard": "gnu++14",
"intelliSenseMode": "clang-x86"
}
],
"version": 4
}
settings.json
{
"files.associations": {
"iostream": "cpp"
},
"C_Cpp.errorSquiggles": "Disabled"
}
With the above configuration, when I start the debugging it gives me the following error:
It seems like the command property in tasks.json is incorrect,
as bash converts
"C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe" -> "C:MinGWbing++.exe"
and gives error: "no command found" because back-slash('\') in bash is an escape character.
Now changing above path in tasks.json to bash style :
"command": "C:/MinGW/bin/g++.exe"
resolves the above error, but now it gives same error for variable ${file} as this path-variable gets dynamically set to current open file .cpp.
I have been working on this debugging issue for last few days, but haven't found any workaround yet.
How can I change/update by configuration files to use git bash as default integrated terminal in VSCode for debugging.

Answer 1

It seems like the command property in tasks.json is incorrect, as bash converts
"C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe" -> "C:MinGWbing++.exe"
Then try a cygwin-like path:
/c/MingW/bin/g++.exe
# or
/C/MingW/bin/g++.exe
Check if it is interpreted correctly by the git bash session then.