Current working location differs between Run and Debug

[Yukinobu Nagayasu]

Recently I started using this vscode-adapter. I found its integration into VS Code's GUI so great. Thank you for developing the amazing software 😆

Description

The current working location differs depending whether do "Run Tests" or do "Debug Tests". You can see this difference with the Get-Location cmdlet. Since the current working location is different, the results of tests that depends location, such as tests including Import-Module cmdlet, will change between Run and Debug. I guess it is desirable that the test results are the same regardless of "Run Tests" or "Debug Tests".

Related Issue

Maybe this issue is related to issue #89. If you think this issue should merge to #89, feel free to do it.

NOTE: The cwd configuration discussed in #89 not affected the behavior of this issue. The configuration I tried:

{
    "powershell.cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
    "terminal.integrated.cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
}

My environment

• Windows 10 21H2 [Version 10.0.19044.1586] (Japanese)
  • Visual Studio Code 1.65.1
    • Pester Tests v2022.2.0
  • PowerShell 5.1.19041.1320
    • Pester 5.3.1

Reproduction procedure

1. unzip attached powershell_pester_location_bug.zip

2. launch VS Code on project_root_folder folder

   • you can see the files in "Explorer" view like below

     

3. move on "Testing" view and do "Debug Test"

   • you can see the green checks showing the test passed

     

4. stay on "Testing" view and do "Run Tests"

   • you can see the red checks showing the test failed

     

   • you can see the error shows the current working location is not project_root_folder

     

When I do "Run Tests", current working location seems to Microsoft VS Code folder.

Expected behavior

I guess the behavior of "Debug Tests" is correct, but the behavior of "Run Tests" is incorrect. The current location should also be the project root when I do "Run Tests". This is the same behavior as Pester's Invoke-Pester cmdlet.

[Justin Grote]

Thanks for the detailed report! The starting directory is a little tricky especially if you are using a workspace with multiple project roots, but it makes sense for it at least to use the base. I never run into this problem becaues I use $PSScriptRoot in my tests to define relative paths.

[Yukinobu Nagayasu]

Thank you for your reply and advice! Also, thank you for adding to your Roadmap.

I agree that it's a good idea to use the $PSScriptRoot variable. I plan to use it in the code I will write.

However, it's just my personal context, but there are some codes previously wrote which depends on the current location and I should maintain them. So it would be helpful for me if the location when "Run Tests" will be the same as when "Debug Tests".

[Justin Grote]

Implemented in #119. It is an explicit setting, I wanted to avoid "magic" behavior with the terminal integrated console cwd hijacking it unexpectedly, and some more thinking needs to go into multi-root workspaces around this.

[Yukinobu Nagayasu]

Sorry for the late reply.
I confirmed this issue has been solved in current version.
On Pester Tests v2022.3.3, the Current working location is same between Run and Debug 🎉