codelens: showGlobalVariables ignored if set in a launch.json configuration and running individual test

[friedrichsenm]

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  go: /snap/go/7954/bin/go: go version go1.16.6 linux/amd64

  gopkgs: /home/matt/go/bin/gopkgs: go1.16.6
  path github.com/uudashr/gopkgs/v2/cmd/gopkgs
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  go-outline: /home/matt/go/bin/go-outline: go1.16.6
  path github.com/ramya-rao-a/go-outline
  mod github.com/ramya-rao-a/go-outline v0.0.0-20210608161538-9736a4bde949 h1:iaD+iVf9xGfajsJp+zYrg9Lrk6gMJ6/hZHO4cYq5D5o=
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  gotests: /home/matt/go/bin/gotests: go1.16.6
  path github.com/cweill/gotests/gotests
  mod github.com/cweill/gotests v1.6.0 h1:KJx+/p4EweijYzqPb4Y/8umDCip1Cv6hEVyOx0mE9W8=
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  gomodifytags: /home/matt/go/bin/gomodifytags: go1.16.6
  path github.com/fatih/gomodifytags
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  impl: /home/matt/go/bin/impl: go1.16.6
  path github.com/josharian/impl
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  goplay: /home/matt/go/bin/goplay: go1.16.6
  path github.com/haya14busa/goplay/cmd/goplay
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  dlv: /home/matt/go/bin/dlv: go1.16.6
  path github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv
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  dep github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+lJfyTc=
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  dep github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0 h1:UBcNElsrwanuuMsnGSlYmtmgbb23qDR5dG+6X6Oo89I=
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  dep gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1 h1:mUhvW9EsL+naU5Q3cakzfE91YhliOondGd6ZrsDBHQE=

  dlv-dap: /home/matt/go/bin/dlv-dap: go1.16.6
  path github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv
  mod github.com/go-delve/delve v1.7.1-0.20210806062644-6b83e6baae93 h1:y94l2BjSW9RIh04zaNzYae01olsJVTttrRN1yqFh/ko=
  dep github.com/cosiner/argv v0.1.0 h1:BVDiEL32lwHukgJKP87btEPenzrrHUjajs/8yzaqcXg=
  dep github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 h1:EoUDS0afbrsXAZ9YQ9jdu/mZ2sXgT1/2yyNng4PGlyM=
  dep github.com/derekparker/trie v0.0.0-20200317170641-1fdf38b7b0e9 h1:G765iDCq7bP5opdrPkXk+4V3yfkgV9iGFuheWZ/X/zY=
  dep github.com/google/go-dap v0.5.0 h1:RMHAVn5xeunBakYk65ggHXttk6qjZVdbmi+xhAoL2wY=
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  dep github.com/peterh/liner v0.0.0-20170317030525-88609521dc4b h1:8uaXtUkxiy+T/zdLWuxa/PG4so0TPZDZfafFNNSaptE=
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  staticcheck: /home/matt/go/bin/staticcheck: go1.16.6
  path honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
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  dep github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
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  dep golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0 h1:po9/4sTYwZU9lPhi1tOrb4hCv3qrhiQ77LZfGa2OjwY=
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  gopls: /home/matt/go/bin/gopls: go1.16.6
  path golang.org/x/tools/gopls
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go env
Workspace Folder (relay_agent): /home/matt/GitHub/relay_agent
GO111MODULE="on"
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/matt/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/home/matt/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/home/matt/go/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY="https://github.com/GradientTech"
GONOSUMDB="https://github.com/GradientTech"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/matt/go"
GOPRIVATE="https://github.com/GradientTech"
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/snap/go/current"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/snap/go/current/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GOVCS=""
GOVERSION="go1.16.6"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/dev/null"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build2776143203=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

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Run Preferences: Open Settings (JSON) command to open your settings.json file.
Share all the settings with the go. or ["go"] or gopls prefixes.

Note: this is actually the launch.json settings since the settings.json wasn't applicable

{
  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Launch Package",
      "type": "go",
      "request": "launch",
      "mode": "auto",
      "program": "${fileDirname}",
      "showLog": true,
      "showGlobalVariables": true,
    }
  ]
}

Describe the bug

A clear and concise description of what the bug.
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

When debugging a single test function in a *_test.go file by clicking the debug test hovertext above the function, global variables are not displayed even though the launch.json file sets this to true. However, global variables are shown if I instead go to the Run and Debug side bar and start debugging there while having the test file open.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. In a launch.json configuration, add "showGlobalVariables": true
2. Set a breakpoint somewhere in the test function you want to debug (make sure there are global variables that you might actually see if you were debugging)
3. Debug the test you added a breakpoint to by clicking the "debug test" hovertext
4. Notce that global variables aren't shown in the debugging pane

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[polinasok]

This is a dup of #855. 'debug test' does not use launch.json settings. You can however set this in settings.json (:

"go.delveConfig": {
        "showGlobalVariables": true,
 },

[hyangah]

Closed in favor of tracking with the old issue #855

[polinasok]

@friedrichsenm
It is unlikely that we would remove this limitation in the near future, but what can we do to make this experience less confusing? Would a logging message that says something like launch.json is ignored, use setting.json or a hover message over debug test do the trick? We welcome any other suggestions. Thank you.

[friedrichsenm]

I think the logging message would be helpful. I would actually prefer to use settings.json for most of my debugging settings and find the fact that VS Code basically pushes you into setting up yet another json file to be very annoying.