Ganjaboy3942 / dotnet-watch-attach

Dotnet watch attach vscode plugin

dotnet-watch-attach

dotnet-watch-attach is a very simple extension which supports developers working with the dotnet watch (link) command. It is basically a simple wrapper around the coreclr debugger from the c# extension which watches your process list for a given processname.

• Extension page

Requirements

• Microsofts C# extension (link)

Configuration

Configuration is simple, you need two tasks: one to start watching and one terminate the watch task and then the dotnet-watch-attach debug configuration. The coreclr attach task is fully configurable using the args property. A fully configured example can be found here

// launch.json
{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "type": "dotnetwatchattach",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": ".NET Watch Attach",
      "args": { // Args to pass to coreclr attach
        "env": {
          "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
        }
      },
      "preLaunchTask": "watch",
      "postDebugTask": "terminatewatch",
      "program": "<startup-project-name>.exe"
    }
  ]
}

// tasks.json
{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "inputs": [
    // Little trick to automatically terminate watch task.
    {
      "id": "terminatewatchparam",
      "type": "command",
      "command": "workbench.action.tasks.terminate",
      "args": "watch"
    }
  ],
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "watch",
      "command": "dotnet",
      "type": "process",
      "args": [
        "watch",
        "run",
        "${workspaceFolder}/<path-to-project>.csproj",
        "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
        "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary"
      ],
      "problemMatcher": "$msCompile",
      "isBackground": true
    },
    {
      "label": "terminatewatch",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "echo ${input:terminatewatchparam}",
      "problemMatcher": []
    }
  ]
}

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Known Issues

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