CHANGELOG.md

What's New?

1.23

Features:

• Add cmake.shell setting to route CMake/CTest/CPack subprocess invocations through a custom shell (e.g., Git Bash, MSYS2), enabling embedded toolchains that require POSIX path translation on Windows. #1750
• triple: Add riscv32be riscv64be support. #4648 @lygstate
• Add command to clear build diagnostics from the Problems pane. #4691
• Clear build diagnostics from the Problems pane when a new build starts and populate them incrementally during the build. #4608
• Add individual CTest test nodes to the Project Outline with inline run/debug buttons, and enable debugging tests from both the Outline and Test Explorer without requiring a launch.json. #4721
• Add "Delete Cache, Reconfigure and Build" command that chains cache deletion, reconfiguration, and build into a single action. #4723
• Add "Set Build and Launch/Debug Target" command that sets both the build target and launch target simultaneously. #4732
• Add cmake.setBuildTargetSameAsLaunchTarget setting to automatically set the build target when the launch/debug target is changed. #4519 @nikita-karatun
• Add cmake.additionalBuildProblemMatchers setting to define custom problem matchers for build output. Supports tools like clang-tidy, PCLint Plus, cppcheck, or custom scripts integrated via add_custom_command/add_custom_target. #4077
• Support targetName argument for launch-target command substitutions (cmake.launchTargetPath, etc.) via ${input:...} variables, enabling build-before-run for non-active executable targets without changing the active launch target. #4656
• Relax intelliSenseMode validation in CMake Presets. #4815 @halflifefan

Improvements:

• Add .github/copilot-instructions.md to ground GitHub Copilot in the repo's architecture and coding conventions.
• Clicking on a CTest in the Project Outline now navigates to the test source file, matching the existing Test Explorer behavior. #4773
• Clicking on a CTest unit test in the Test Explorer now navigates to the test source file by matching the test executable to its CMake target's source files. #4449
• Make "CMake: Add ... Preset" commands available in the command palette when cmake.useCMakePresets is set to auto, even before a CMakePresets.json file exists. #4401
• Improve CMake syntax highlighting with command-scoped keyword rules, expanded variable recognition, and better generator-expression support. Remove obsolete deprecated-keyword entries that caused false positives on user-defined names. #4709 #4508 #4613
• Add MSVC linker error problem matching to the Problems pane. #4675 @bradphelan
• Use environment variables from cmake.environment and cmake.configureEnvironment when expanding $penv{} macros in CMake Presets include paths. #3578
• Allow preset modification commands to target CMakeUserPresets.json. The target file is determined by the focused editor, or by prompting the user when both files exist. #4564
• Display info tooltip when hovering over CMake policy identifiers (e.g., CMP0177), showing the CMake version that introduced the policy, a short description, and a link to the official documentation. #4544
• Append cmake to diagnostics that this extension contributes to the Problems Pane. PR #4766
• Set the VSCODE_CMAKE_TOOLS environment variable for all spawned subprocesses so that CMakeLists.txt can detect when CMake is run from VS Code. #4233
• Honor debugger.workingDirectory from the CMake File API when debugging a target, so that the DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY target property is used as the debugger working directory. #4595

Bug Fixes:

• Remove internal stack traces from the Output pane when a subprocess fails. Error messages now show only human-readable information; stack traces are still available in debug-level logging. #4807
• Fix duplicate launch configurations in the ctest debug picker when both .vscode/launch.json and a .code-workspace file exist. #4586
• Users can now debug with or without launch configurations from the test explorer. cmake.ctest.neverDebugTestsWithLaunchConfiguration can be set to true to bypass the quick pick menu where the launch configuration is selected. #4790
• Fix cmake.buildTask build failures not aborting debug launches. When ${command:cmake.launchTargetPath} is used in launch.json, a failed build now correctly prevents the stale executable from being launched. #3389
• Fix bookmarked targets running a full build instead of building only the specific target when triggered from the Bookmarks view. #4771
• Fix build errors not being added to the Problems tab when using cmake.buildTask: true. The build task's pseudoterminal now feeds output to the diagnostic parser so compiler and linker errors are properly surfaced. #4489
• Fix cmake.compileFile command truncating long compile commands at ~1024 characters on macOS. The command is now sent to the terminal in chunks to avoid VS Code terminal buffer limitations. #4470
• Fix configure/build sometimes using stale preset values when unsaved changes to included preset files are auto-saved before configure. The extension now explicitly refreshes presets from disk after saving, instead of relying solely on the asynchronous file watcher. #4502
• Fix overly aggressive preset reloading on every build/debug/launch. Preset reapplication now only runs when cmake.configureOnEdit is enabled and preset files had unsaved changes, instead of unconditionally re-reading all preset files. #4792
• Reduce overly verbose logging when CMake configure or build fails. The Output panel no longer floods with duplicated output, and the channel is only revealed on error rather than unconditionally. #4749
• Fix Test Results panel not hyperlinking file paths for GoogleTest failures. The default cmake.ctest.failurePatterns now includes a pattern matching GoogleTest's file:line: Failure output format. #4589
• Fix wrong path created for artifact when parsing code model using CMake File API. #3015
• Fix garbled characters (Mojibake) in the Output panel when MSVC outputs UTF-8 (e.g., with /utf-8) on non-UTF-8 Windows systems. When cmake.outputLogEncoding is auto, the build output is now validated as UTF-8 before falling back to the system code page. #4520
• Fix CMakePresets.json discovery failing in multi-folder workspaces when the presets file is in a subdirectory specified by cmake.sourceDirectory. #4727
• Fix initial kit scan ignoring cmake.enableAutomaticKitScan: false on first workspace open, and prevent redundant concurrent scans in multi-project workspaces. #4726
• Fix cmake.installPrefix not being passed to CMake as CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX when using presets. #4358
• Fix CPack commands not appearing in the command palette when not using CMake Presets. Also fix CPack environment variables not being set up in non-preset mode. #4453
• Fix extension not switching to preset mode after "CMake: Quick Start" generates a CMakePresets.json, causing variant selection to have no effect. #4569
• Fix spurious preset reloads triggered by unrelated file system events such as builds, git commits, and cmake.copyCompileCommands. Migrated file watching from chokidar to VS Code's built-in FileSystemWatcher API, which also resolves high CPU usage on Apple M1. #4703 #2967
• Clarify that semicolons in cmake.configureSettings string values are escaped, and array notation should be used for CMake lists. #4585
• Fix "CMake: Quick Start" command failing silently when no folder is open. Now shows an error message with an option to open a folder. #4504
• Fix "CMake: Run Without Debugging" not changing the working directory when the build directory changes. #4549
• Fix build/debug/launch target selection not working when CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is not set in the preset or is changed in CMakeLists.txt. #4219
• Fix CMake script path links not working in CHS/CSY/FRA/PLK locales due to localized quotes. #4383
• Fix user-level tasks defined in ~/.config/Code/User/tasks.json causing infinite spinner. #4659
• Fix cmake.compileFile failing to find compilation info when using presets without CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS. #4484
• Fix "Copy Value" in CMake debugger copying variable name instead of value. #4551
• cmakeDriver: Fixes getCompilerVersion by using compilerPath instead of compilerName. #4647 @lygstate
• Add support for Visual Studio 2026 generator. #4637
• Fix $comment not being accepted inside a cacheVariable object in CMake presets. #4600
• Fix kits from cmake.additionalKits not being shown when cmake.showSystemKits is false. #4651
• Fix how jobs is handled in build presets. Also update how cmake.parallelJobs is handled as a fallback when a build preset does not define jobs. #4176
• Fix diagnostics to handle when there isn't a command in the error output. PR #4765
• Fix bug in which running "CMake: Build" would always run "CMake: Clean Rebuild" when cmake.buildTask is enabled #4421 @RedSkittleFox
• Fix issue with hover provider not checking for undefined. #4812

1.22.28

Improvements:

• Updated extension dependencies (ms-vscode.cpp-devtools)

1.22.27

Bug Fixes:

• Fix infinite presets reloading loop when preset files are symlinks or include symlinked files. #4668
• Reapplying "Refactor and improve colorization language services support" #4697

1.22

Features:

• Add bookmarks and filtering of outline view. #4539 @bradphelan
• Add pre-fill project name using current folder name #4533 @HO-COOH
• Add API v5 which adds presets api. #4510 @OrkunTokdemir
• Add an option to extract details about failing tests from CTest output using regular expressions. #4420
• Add output parser for include-what-you-use. PR #4548 @malsyned
• Add better return information in the API. PR #4518

Improvements:

• In the Test Explorer, associate CTest tests with outermost function or macro invocation that calls add_test() instead of with the add_test() call itself. #4490 @malsyned
• Better support of cmake v4.1 and its error index files in cmake-file-api replies #4575 Contributed by STMicroelectronics
• Added support for clang-cl vendor detection: ${buildKitVendor}, ${buildKitVersionMajor}, etc. now expand correctly when using clang-cl on Windows #4524 @wchou158

Bugs:

• Fix Compiler Warnings not shown in Problems Window [#4567]#4567
• Fix bug in which clicking "Run Test" for filtered tests executed all tests instead #4501 @hippo91
• Migrate macOS CI from deprecated macOS-13 to macOS-15 Image #4633
• Ensure Visual Studio developer environment propagation preserves VCPKG_ROOT, enabling vcpkg-dependent configure runs after using the Set Visual Studio Developer Environment command. microsoft/vscode-cpptools#14083
• Fix auto-focusing the "Search" input field in the CMake Cache view. #4552 @simhof-basyskom
• Remove the demangling feature in the code coverage implementation for now since it doesn't work properly. PR #4658
• Fix incorrect IntelliSense configuration when a UTILITY has source files. #4404

1.21

Features:

• Add an option to specify the launch target for debugging CTest tests. #4273
• Add a setting to enable/disable our built-in language services. #4290
• Add an option to group the default build target dropdown using CMake groups #3953 @itzandroidtab
• Add cmake.exclude setting that allows users to set folders that they want the CMake Tools extension to ignore. #4112
• Add a command to substitute CMake Cache variables in launch.json and tasks.json. #4422
• Add support for presets v10. #4459, #4445

Improvements:

• No longer convert paths on lowercase on MacOS to enable cpp tools to resolve them. #4325 @tringenbach
• Speedup & reduce heap allocations in shlex split module function. Significant gains for mid-large compile_commands.json - CompilationDatabase construction. #4458 @borjamunozf

Bug Fixes:

• Fix bug that makes Configure Task lists only first folder in workspace. #3232
• Fix displaying "Go to Test" in the Test Explorer when the DEF_SOURCE_LINE property is set, but there is no backtrace information present. 4321 @rjaegers
• Fix gnuld error parsing false positive on make errors, false negative due to trailing \r, and false parsing of new "multiple definitions" error #2864 @0xemgy
• Fixes for small bug string bugs. #4319, #4317, #4312
• Fixes localization for "workspace is" string. #4374
• Make tooltips for selecting Launch/Debug Target. #4373
• Fix bug where unrelated symlinks are read as variant files #4304 @vitorramos.
• Fix evaluation of conditions in presets. #4425
• Fix ENOENT error at vscode startup on some circumstances #2855 Contributed by STMicroelectronics
• Fix repeat execution option in test presets #4443
• Fix bug that makes some build hang #4424 and #4465
• Fix issue with switching to presets during Quick Start. #4409
• Fix bug that shows empty lines in Pinned Commands view. #4406

1.20.53

Improvements:

• Add notification suggesting users to uninstall twxs.cmake now that we have built-in Language Services. #4288
• Add templates for feature and documentation requests. #4334

Bug Fixes:

• Fix regression where we weren't properly expanding copyCompileCommands path. #4294

1.20.52

Features:

• Add support for Presets v9, which enables more macro expansion for the include field. #3946
• Add support to configure default folder in workspace setting. #1078
• Add support to configure default folder in workspace setting. #1078 @sanore
• Add support for processing LCOV based coverage info files when tests are executed. This adds test execution type, "Run with coverage", on the ctest section of the Testing tab. #4040
• Add basic CMake language services: quick hover and completions for CMake built-ins. PR #4204
• Add an option to scan kits from a folder. #4191 @std-microblock

Improvements:

• Add ability to pass custom target to "CMake: Build Target" command as argument. #3598 @hippo91
• Fix "Unable to resolve configuration with compilerPath" issue for Swift. #4097
• Ensure that any uses of proc.spawn work, especially for .bat and .cmd files, due to VS Code updating to Node 20. #4037
• Fix "Test output isn't visible when failed" and also mark skipped tests as so. #4116 @redstrate
• Ensure that stopping tests actually forces the tests to stop running. #2095
• Retire the Show Options Moved Notification #4039
• Improve the pinned commands experience by defaulting settings and using VS Code state rather than modifying user settings. #3977
• Skip project building in the CTest test explorer when cmake.buildBeforeRun is set to false. #4241 @Dabsunter
• Improve consistency in key bindings. #4124 @alex20230721

Bug Fixes:

• Fix issue where files don't show up in the outline if any in the group are generated. #4099
• Fix issue where setting test suite delimiter prevent execution of all tests. #4092 @hippo91
• Fix our setting of isUserPreset for presets, only set it to true if it's defined in a user presets file. #4059
• Fix issue where duplicate presets are being listed in dropdown. #4104
• Ensure that we're sanitizing paths for cmake.copyCompileCommands. #3874
• Ensure that tests are updated after a build. #4148
• Fix various GCC compiler errors and GCC linker errors not showing up in Problems View #2864 @0xemgy
• Fix reloading presets when included files are changed or renamed and updated. #3963
• Fix the usage of toolset and archiecture in presets without generator set. #4181
• Fix compilation database path comparison with the cmake.copyCompileCommands that could otherwise overwrite that file. #4207 @k0zmo
• Fix parsing of CMakeUserPresets.json containing configure preset that is referenced in workflow preset. #4202 @nikobockerman
• Fix auto select active project corner case. #4146 Contributed by STMicroelectronics
• Fix issue where starting a CMake Configure with CMake Debugger while there was already a configure process running left a debug session going without a way to stop it. #4230

1.19.52

Improvements:

• Update signing to support VSCode extension signing. #4055

1.19.51

Bug Fixes:

• Fix generator and preferredGenerator logic. #4031, #4005, #4032

1.19.50

Bug Fixes:

• Fix env expansion of all variables (toolchainFile, etc.) in presets. #4019
• Fix issues with inheritance and presets. #4023

1.19.49

Features:

• Add setting cmake.useVsDeveloperEnvironment to allow for more user control on when the Visual Studio Developer Enviornment is attempted to be added to the CMake Presets environment. #3892

Improvements:

• Add Unspecified option for selecting a kit variant to allow CMake itself to select the build type. #3821
• Skip loading variants when using CMakePresets. #3300
• Resolve diagnostics files relative to workspace and build directory, fixes #1401 @fargies
• Add setting to only show the cmake log on target failure. #3785 @stepeos
• Preset expansion occurs on CMakePresets.json or CMakeUserPresets.json save, and if there are no errors the expanded presets are cached. The VS Developer Environment will only be applied to a preset if it is selected. Expansion errors will show in the problems panel and preset files with errors will be invalid, and any presets they contain cannot be used. #3905
• Remove pop-ups asking to configure, default cmake.configureOnOpen to true. #3967

Bug Fixes:

• Attempt to fix stringifying the extension context. #3797
• Fix issue where cmake.preferredGenerators wasn't falling back to the next entry when the first entry didn't exist. #2709
• Potential fix for attempting to load a non-variants file as a variants file and throwing a parse exception. #3727
• Fix issue where cmakeUserPresets.json not showing up in project outline. #3832
• Fix edge case where parsing tests fails when additional output is printed before tests json. #3750
• Fix issue where Configure with CMake Debugger fails on restart because the previously used pipe to CMake Debugger is no longer available. #3582
• Fix custom kit PATH being overriden. #3849
• Fix debug variables being overriden. #3806
• Fix issue in Quick Start where a C file was generated in place of a C++ file. #3856
• Fix custom build tasks not showing up. #3622
• Fix the bug where if a relative path specified for installDir, it is not calculated relative to the source directory, which is how it should be according to the CMake installDir docs here. #3871
• Fix issue with CMakeLists.txt depth search. #3901
• Fix localized file path for schema files. #3872
• Disable annoy and invalid extenion message about fix windows sdk for MSVC 2022. #3837
• Fix re-using a terminal for launching even when the environment has changed. #3478
• Fix our keybindings for debug and run without debugging to better match VS Code. #3507
• Allow success recovery in the configure precondition handler. #3554
• Prevent second configure after QuickStart if the automaticReconfigure setting is enabled. #3910
• Set usepresets context after manually creating a CMakePresets.json/CMakeUserPresets.json or using QuickStart to create it. #3854
• Only do special handling of ~ for code model reply path on linux. #3957
• Fix issues with expanding unnecessary environment variables and incorrectly saving preset environments to cache. Also fixes expansion error reporting issue with not checking for an invalid Configure preset in other types of presets. #3961 & #1841

1.18.44

Bug Fixes:

• Infrastructure fixes.

1.18.43

Features:

• Upgrade cmake_minimum_required version 3.0.0 -> 3.5.0. #3793

Improvements:

• Add setting for deleting entire build dir when clean configuring. #3515

Bug Fixes:

• Fix issue "Logs are unavailable when running tests from the Test Explorer" and display properly the test output. #3140
• Fix issue with "Test Results Not Found" when cmake.ctest.allowParallelJobs is disabled. #3798
• Update localized strings for Project Status UI and quick pick dropdowns. #3803, #3802
• Fix issue where new presets couldn't inherit from presets in CmakeUserPresets.json. These presets are now added to CmakeUserPresets.json instead of CmakePresets.json. #3725
• Fix issue where CMakeTools does not recheck CMake Path to see if user installed CMake after launching VS Code. 3811
• Fix issue where cmake.buildToolArgs was sometimes applied incorrectly when presets are used. #3754
• Fix issue where preferredGenerator.platform and preferredGenerator.toolset wasn't being compared between the old and new kit to trigger a clean configure on a kit selection change. #2699
• Still allow for users to add --warn-unused-cli. Now instead of overriding, it will remove our default --no-warn-unused-cli. #1090
• Ensure useCMakePresets context is set after making a CMakePreset.json with Quick Start. #3734

1.18.42

Bug Fixes:

• Fix schema validation for $schema. #3809
• Fix tests having too long of a command-line. #3814

1.18.41

Features:

• Add the possibility to open the current build directory in the Explorer. #1451
• Add support for CMakePresets V7 and V8. #3549
• Update api.ts to add the onSelectedConfigurationChanged event. #3671 @OrkunTokdemir
• Improve CMake QuickStart by allowing the user to dynamically create a CMakePresets.json file. #3649

Improvements:

• Allow ctests to run in parallel when launched through the Test Explorer. #3122
• Properly set up environment for MSYS toolchains. #2447 @Steelskin
• Allow for users to add --warn-unused-cli. This will override our default --no-warn-unused-cli. #1090
• Add option to disable kit scan by default when a kit isn't selected. #1461
• Show cmake output when version probe fails. #3650
• Improve various settings scopes #3601
• Refactor the Project Outline view to show a flat list of targets #491, #3684
• Add the ability to pin CMake Commands to the sidebar #2984 & #3296
• Add support for variable expansion in debugConfig.environment #3711
• Add the ability to debug install targets #532
• Add a "Don't Show Again" option in the select CMakeLists.txt.
• Log error statement if the environmentSetupScript fails. #3566
• Sort CMakeLists.txt by depth during selection #3789 @jmigual
• [Experiment] Improve CMake Tools experience when opening a folder #3588

Bug Fixes:

• Fix localization issue in package.json. #3616
• Remove incorrect validation which was breaking references from CMakeUserPresets to CMakePresets. #3636
• Fix 'Debug Test' from 'Test explorer' results in 'launch: property 'program' is missing or empty'. #3280
• Fix "Go to source" in Testing activity + test panel without function. #3362
• Remove an un-implemented "internal" command. #3596
• Fix incorrect test output. #3591
• Fix issue where our searching for cl and ninja was repeatedly unnecessarily, impacting performance. #3633
• Fix preset environment issue. #3657
• Fix invocation of vcvarsall.bat script argument for targetArch. #3672
• Ensure that we support ${workspaceFolder} when initializing cmake information. #3658
• Fix issue where correcting cmake.cmakePath is still broken. #3570
• Fix CMakePresets.json schema validation. #3651
• Update what we use to create the workspace browse configuration to pass to cpp tools by filtering out extra file groups that are generated. #3729
• Fix issue where cmake.cacheInit isn't supporting absolute path in environment variables. #2777

1.17.17

Bug Fixes:

• Fix the regression for inheritance of cache variables and other inheritable fields. #3603

1.17.16

Bug Fixes:

• Fix an issue where we weren't able to run tests when not using Presets. #3589
• Fix the order of preference for CMake Presets inherit field. #3594

1.17.15

Features:

• Update api.ts to add the getActiveFolderPath method. #3528 @Kemaweyan
• Add a setting that allows users to enable/disable the Test Explorer integration. #3145
• Add support for CMake Presets V6 (package presets to run CPack and workflow presets). #2871
• Add support for pinning CMake commands to the side bar. #3296

Improvements:

• Improve when the "Configure with Debugger" popup appears and allow for "Do Not Show Again". #3343
• Add option to disable "Not all open documents were saved" popup. #2889
• Allow overriding of CMakePresets cache variables and arguments. #1836
• Improve advanced status bar options configuration by adding an inherit option to the statusBarVisibility setting and by adding the inheritDefault setting. Look at the CMake Options Visibility Configuration docs for more information. #3452

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where changing an empty value to a non-empty value using the Cache Editor UI didn't work. PR #3508
• Fix CMakePresets inheritance for the condition field. PR #3494
• Ensure that the output is cleared for debugTarget and launchTarget. #3489
• Fix the inheritance of the environment for CMakePresets. #3473
• Removed an unnecessary console.assert #3474
• Avoid running tests after a build failure #3366
• Make sure we clear the output on builds due to test when Clear output before build is enabled. #1179
• Ensure that, when switching between presets, the CMake executable is modified. #2791
• Fixed the key to reference the correct description for the compact option of the cmake.options.advanced.variant.statusBarVisibility setting. #3511
• Fixed the parsing of C and CXX compiler cache variables when adding a new configure preset from existing compilers. #2773
• Avoid the pitfalls of using RegExp.exec() in loops, replacing their usage with string.matchAll(). This change is applied to the expand.ts file which deals with expansion of variables in user provided strings. It may address the failures described in issue. #3469
• Fixed compile_commands.json file corruption with copyCompileCommands when value is equal to default path. #3214 @parniere
• Fixed status bar visibility options' inherit option default. PR #3579

1.16.32

Improvements:

• Improve our "smarts" when we attempt to provide PATH's for compilers or ninja. PR #3458

1.16.31

Bug Fixes:

• Refactor our attempt to add VS paths to PATH for cl, clang, etc. so that we fix issues with using the wrong compiler. PR #3449

1.16.30

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where finding cl.exe and ninja from Visual Studio was broken. PR #3445

1.16.29

Features:

• Support different debug config for different targets. PR #2801 @RichardLuo0
• Add ability to get a test's WORKING_DIRECTORY in launch.json via cmake.testWorkingDirectory PR #3336

Improvements:

• Updated debugging documentation to add the LLDB configuration needed for macOS. PR #3332 @slhck
• In multi-root workspace, the Project Outline View now shows all configured projects. PR #3270 @vlavati
• Added script mode and ability to connect to externally launched CMake processes. PR #3277
• Added buttons to the project nodes in the Project Outline View. PR #3354 @vlavati
• $penv{} macros are expanded in include paths in CMakePresets.json as long as version is 7 or higher. #3310
• Disable search and select of CMakeLists.txt, if user chooses not to configure project without CMakeLists.txt in the root. PR #3276 @vlavati
• If the "configure" button of CMakeLists.txt node in the Project Outline is clicked, only the corresponding project is configured. PR #3372 @vlavati
• Added a command to directly open the extension settings (CMake: Open CMake Tools Extension Settings) and a gear icon button in the Project Status View title bar that calls it. PR #3403
• Added an icon button in the Project Status View title bar that calls the CMake: Delete Cache and Reconfigure command. PR #3403
• By default, all of the status bar options are hidden except build, debug, and launch. All of the previous status bar options are now, by default, visible in the Project Status View. These visibility settings can be customized in the cmake.options.advanced setting. This setting can also be accessed via the Project Status View. The cmake.useProjectStatusView setting is now removed. PR #3407 & PR #3417

Bug Fixes:

• Fix Unhandled Exception if no args are specified in cmake.getLaunchTargetFilename inside an input context of a task. PR #3348 @vlavati
• Fix incorrect IntelliSense configuration with default/empty CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE using CMakePresets. PR #3363 @deribaucourt
• Paths containing mingw are no longer removed from the PATH environment variable because the selected MinGW kit is added before the PATH environment variable, rather than after. #3220
• Fix a bug where CMake: Show Configure or CMake: Show Build commands would run them. #3381 @AbdullahAmrSobh

1.15.31

Features:

• Added support for the CMake Debugger. #3093
• Added support for passing a folder parameter to the cmake.selectActiveFolder command. #3256 @cvanbeek

Improvements:

• When using CMake presets, the Project Status View now shows the build target along with the build preset. PR #3241
• IntelliSense resolves headers coming from MacOS frameworks. CMake 3.27 or later is required. #2324
• Allow configure settings to override the usual arguments the extension is usually passing to cmake. Don't have unremovable options. #1639
• Allow a way to run CTests in parallel by setting cmake.ctest.allowParallelJobs to true. #3091
• When clicking Run CTests from the status bar view, it now will bypass the Test Explorer and directly run the CTests. #3151

Bug Fixes:

• Fix per-folder browse configurations returning incorrect information. #3155
• Fix triggers of "Bad CMake Executable" error message. #2368
• Don't ignore empty cache string variables when configuring from presets. #1842
• Fix active build configuration warning coming from CppTools. #2353
• Fix our checking for invalid settings when CMakeUserPresets version is different than CMakePresets. #2897
• Fix the precendence order that we evaluate the cmake.parallelJobs setting. #3206
• Decreased the number of cases where we reconfigure erroneously upon usage of cmake.getLaunchTargetPath. #2878

1.14.33

Bug Fixes:

• Set Cmake: Use Project Status View to false by default. This setting may be subject to A/B experimentation in 1.14 releases. To opt-out of experimentation, set the cmake.useProjectStatusView setting explicitly in settings.json. PR #3199

1.14.32

Features:

• Add a new UI to show the project status in the side bar. This feature appears and replaces the status bar when Cmake: Use Project Status View is toggled true. This will be used for A/B testing the views. PR #3167

Improvements:

• Added ability to select either C or C++ with the Quick Start commmand. #3183

Bug Fixes:

• Handle multiple test results in one test run. #3160
• When starting test and test preset is not selected, prompt for test preset selection. #3163

1.14.31

Bug Fixes:

• When cmake.buildTasks is true, CMake tasks in tasks.json that do not specify targets will no longer cause the build to fail. #3123
• Paths containing mingw are no longer removed from the PATH environment variable when configuring a project without specifying a kit. #3136
• Warning messages are no longer triggered by targets containing "warning" in the file path when running Tasks: Run Build Task. #3118
• Unable to resolve cmake-tools-schema:/schemas/CMakePresets*.json. #2587 #3108

1.14.30

Bug Fixes:

• Fix extension crashes in the test explorer when cmake.sourceDir is a subfolder of ${workspaceFolder}. #3121

1.14.29

Features:

• Test Explorer. PR #3032
• Add commands revealTestExplorer, refreshTests, and refreshTestsAll. PR #3032

Breaking changes:

• The Run CTest button in the status bar now only reveals the test explorer, and test results are removed from its text. PR #3032
• All test starting method, such as command CMake: Run Tests and test task, now runs through the test explorer. Tests can't run in parallel for now. PR #3032
• Catch test framework support is removed. PR #3043
• Rename cmake.mingwSearchDirs to cmake.additionalCompilerSearchDirs, make it more general and fix quirks with it. PR #3056 @philippewarren

Improvements:

• Automatically configure CMake project directories when the kit or the configuration preset is changed. PR #2973 @maxmitti
• Add an optional description field to kits. PR #2944 @TisziV
• Update documents on cmake.mingwSearchDirs. #2996
• When starting debugging, also build the selected build target. PR #2987 @Maddimax
• Add support for CMake Presets V5. #2979
• Print the build time in the output window. #3008
• Allow using all of MSYS2 MinGW installations, which are also now found by default while scanning for kits if MSYS2 is installed at the default location (C:\msys64\{wingw64|mingw32|clang64|clang32|clangarm64|ucrt64}\bin). PR #3056 @philippewarren

Bug Fixes:

• Check if "CMakeLists.txt" exists after renaming. #2986
• CMake kits fails when parsing exported functions after running environmentSetupScript. #2676
• Implement cmake.parseBuildDiagnostics. #1932
• CMake tools not fully loaded when opening multi-project folders. #3000
• Save the state of multiple projects in the same folder. PR #3051
• Expand variables in task's targets while searching matching taks. #2970 @piomis
• Fix typo in cmake.skipConfigureWhenCachePresent. #3040 @Mlekow
• Fix MinGW detection when not in PATH using cmake.mingwSearchDirs (now named cmake.additionalCompilerSearchDirs). PR #3056 @philippewarren
• Fix check for EACCES error code #3097

1.13.45

Bug Fixes:

• Remove unwanted warning "Configuration is already in progress" in multi-root projects. #2989
• setKitByName command ignores the workspace folder argument. PR #2991

1.13.44

Bug Fixes:

• Compatibility between test and build presets was not enforced. #2904
• Fix problems with updating the code model. #2980
• Validate presets in initialization. #2976

1.13.43

Bug Fixes:

• Fix an issue causing the Add Presets commands not to appear. PR #2977

1.13.42

Bug Fixes:

• Fix failed activation when using the cmake.allowUnsupportedPresetsVersions setting. #2968
• Verify binary directories only if there are multiple sources. #2963
• Update quote function to fix path separator regression #2974

1.13.41

Bug Fixes:

• Fix "No folder is open" error when running quick start. #2951
• Add a control statement to the 'quote' function in shlex.ts to return the string without quotes. [#2955] (#2955)
• CMake Tools fails to initialize the Active Project. #2952

1.13.40

Improvements:

• Support multiple projects in a single workspace folder. cmake.sourceDirectory setting now allows setting multiple paths. #1374
• Add a setting to disable reading compile_commands.json. #2586 @xiaoyun94
• Preset in CMakeUserPresets.json using "condition" does not appear in configure preset selection. #2749
• Resolve workspace variables in cmake-kits.json. #2737
• Use upper case drive letters on Windows for cmake.sourceDirectory. PR #2665 @Danielmelody
• Custom browse configuration should not include (redundant) per-file arguments. #2645
• Support optional generator in configurePresets for version 3 and higher. #2734 @jochil
• Add a public API for extension authors that depend on CMake Tools. #494
• Support explicit typing in cmake.configureSettings. #1457
• Scan for kits will now add ARM64 hosts for MSVC. PR #2887 @scaryrawr
• Support canceling configuration #2436 @Danielmelody
• Pop up "Choose CMakeLists.txt" when user goes to configure while feature set is partially activated. #2746
• Adhere to the setting entry "Parallel Jobs" (cmake.parallelJobs) when generating the default build preset. #2765 @maxmitti
• Add a setting to ignore unknown presets features from the versions that CMake Tools doesn't support yet. #1963

Bug Fixes:

• Fix warning message that appears when using a default build preset with a multi-config generator. #2353
• Update kits documentation. #2761 @jdeaton
• Avoid calling build tasks for "Clean", "Install" and "Run Tests" commands when "cmake: buildTask" setting is true. #2768
• Generate the correct configurePresets for Clang or GCC compilers on Windows. #2733
• CMake Tools does not send --target= to cpptools. #1896 #2800
• Fix the build task to return the error code. #2799 @BIKA-C
• Generate correct ClangCL Kits. #2790 #2810
• Cache the version check for the cmake executable. #2818
• ctest -N does not work with custom cmake path from preset. #2842
• Resolve variables in args before passing them to the terminal. #2846
• Quote launch arguments sent to the terminal if they have special characters. #2898
• CMake Tools should choose cmake.exe from the newest VS when it's not found in the PATH. #2753
• Calling build targets from CMake Project Outline always builds default target if useTasks option is set. #2778 @piomis
• Fix ${command:cmake.buildType} so that it returns the right value when using CMake Presets. #2894
• Fix a problem with multi-root projects not activating the configuration provider. #2915
• Remove the default path for cmake.mingwSearchDirs since the path is world-writable. PR #2942
• Build command is not able to properly pick-up tasks from tasks.json file if configured with isDefault option and cancellation of running build task is not working. #2935 @piomis

1.12.27

Bug Fixes:

• Add default target to the build task when target is not defined. #2729

1.12.26

Improvements:

• Support for presets version 4. #2492 @chausner
• Triggering reconfigure after changes are made to included files. #2526 @chausner
• Add target name to terminal window name for launch. #2613
• Add support for "preset" and "env" in task provider. #2636 #2553 #2714 #2706
• Add Craig Scott's "Professional CMake" book to the list of resources in doc/faq.md for learning CMake. #2679 @david-fong

Bug Fixes:

• CMakeUserPresets.json version not detected without CMakePresets.json. #2469 @chausner
• Do not prompt to select a Kit if cmake.configureOnOpen is false. #2538
• Don't delete CMakeCache.txt when switching kits if the buildDirectory also changes. #2546 @david-fong
• Set the working directory for the file api driver. #2569
• Add "description" properties to the cmake.revealLog setting. #2578
• Detect clang-cl.exe compilers that are not bundled with Visual Studio. #2622
• Clear output channel after auto-reconfigure. #2628
• Fix issues with launching the target in PowerShell terminal. #2650 #2621 #535
• Respect VS Code setting "insertSpaces" when updating preset files via GUI. #2677
• CMake install task does not run in terminal. #2693
• Deprecation warnings show up as errors in Problems view. #2708

1.11.26

• Revert back to the previous CMake language server extension dependency. PR #2599

Bug Fixes:

• Ninja is used as a default generator. #2598

1.11.25

Improvements:

• Fix build Error: EMFILE: too many open files. #2288 @FrogTheFrog
• Add commands to get preset names. PR #2433
• Add IntelliSense support for debugConfig.console. #2428
• Add c++23 support. #2475 @sweemer
• Add support for multiple targets in the CMake task provider. #2122
• Add setting cmake.showSystemKits. PR #2520 @bharatvaj
• Add support for "Configure", "Install" and "Test" tasks. #2452
• Add setting cmake.ignoreCMakeListsMissing. PR #2537 @ilg-ul
• Add support for "Clean" and "Clean Rebuild" tasks. #2555
• The extension for CMake language support is replaced. PR #2267 @josetr

Bug Fixes:

• Clean All Projects menu item builds rather than cleans. #2460
• Update terminal's environment variables when the kit is changed. #2364
• Add timeouts for compiler scanning. #1289
• Fix schema validation for presets version 4. #2490
• Remove problematic environment variables from the debugger environment. #2442
• Fix preferredGenerator "Watcom WMake" not working. #2500
• When debugConfig has specific modes or debugger paths set, the linker check heuristic should be skipped. #2509
• Exclude environment variables from debugging if the values have newlines. #2515
• Correctly configure the build environment when using VS 2015 and Ninja in CMakePresets.json. #2516
• Select the correct VS toolset for Ninja generators with CMake Presets. #2423
• Fix unhandled exception with CMakePresets.json. #2117
• Fix issues with compiler argument quoting when configuring IntelliSense. #2563
• Fix clang version detection regexes. PR #2549 @chausner

1.10.5

Bug Fixes:

• fix "CMake: compile active file" command. #2438

1.10.4

Improvements:

• Don't specify number of jobs when building with Ninja. #696
• Support for the Ninja Multi-Config generator. #1423
• Minimize build progress notification to the status bar. #2308
• Allow editing Kits when presets are in use. #1965
• Launch the target in the default terminal. PR #2311 @michallukowski
• Allow launching targets in parallel. #2240 @ColinDuquesnoy

Bug Fixes:

• CMakePrests.json toolset requires the VS version instead of the toolset version. #1965
• CMakePresets should be able to specify a VC toolset by version number. #2366
• CMake task provider does not configure the VS Build environment for Ninja builds. #2258
• ${buildKit} is not updated after a Kit switch. #2335
• Test the existence of a property instead of the value when expanding preset conditions. #2329
• Include hostSystemName in variable expansion when only using User presets. #2362
• Trim whitespace from environmentSetupScript. #2391
• Incorrect cmake.additionalKits setting breaks CMake extension. #2382
• VS2010 compile errors are not shown in Problems. #2376
• Always rebuilds sources with autodetected clang and ninja on linux. #2289
• Clean Reconfigure All Projects removes wrong files after switching kit. #2326
• Update documentation. #2334 @atsju
• Ninja not able to build single-threaded. #2222
• Fix various kit detection issues. #2246 #1759 #1653 #1410 #1233 @fourdim
• Stop using -H to configure projects. #2292
• environmentSetupScript capitalizes environment variable names. #1592 @lygstate
• Debug Target failed when debugConfig.environment not present. #2236 @lygstate
• Presets in CMakePresets.json should not inherit from presets in CMakeUserPresets.json. #2232
• Refresh the launch terminal if the user default changes. PR #2408
• Strip BOM from files when reading. #2396
• When using the configuration provider for the C++ extension, the browse configuration was not being updated after code model changes. #2410

1.9.2

Bug fixes:

• Fix infinite recursion into symlinks. #2257
• Fix Show Build Command for folders that do not use CMake Presets. #2211
• Fix presets not shown when a common dependency is inherited more than once. #2210
• Fix IntelliSense usage of short name from variants file for buildType. #2120 @gost-serb

1.9.1

Bug fixes:

• Fix presets using conditions with macros and inheritance. #2185
• Parallelism no longer working in 1.9.0 for CMake < 3.14.0. #2181
• CMake: Compile Active File command stopped working in v1.9.0. #2180
• Exception after successful build when cpptools IntelliSense is disabled. #2188
• Fix issue with presets (v3) and "toolchainFile". #2179
• Don't add -j argument when cmake.parallelJobs is set to 1. #1958 @mark-ulrich
• Warn the user about CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE inconsistencies. #2096

1.9.0

Improvements:

• Add support for CMakePresets version 3. #1904
• Add diagnostic support for parsing IAR compiler output. PR #2131 @willson556
• Add "Log Diagnostics" command. PR #2141
• Add build and configure commands to show cmake commands without running them. PR #1767
• Implement support for merging multiple compile_commands in super-builds sub-folders of the build directory. PR #2029 @Felix-El
• Add cmake.allowCommentsInPresetsFile setting to allow JS style comments in CMakePresets files. #2169

Bug fixes:

• MSVC_VERSION is incorrect when cmake configures with clang-cl. #1053 @tklajnscek
• Build error because binaryDir removed after configure. #2128
• Configuration from build presets ignored by Intellisense and launch (when using multi config generators). #2099
• Extra {0} output message when having preset with circular inherits. #2118
• CMake-Tools does not reconfigure after a change of CMakeLists.txt in a subdirectory of root. #1911 @AbdullahAmrSobh
• Fixes msvc2015 detection when only vs2019 are installed. #1955 @lygstate
• Allow for clang compilers to be set in presets without full path. #1922
• Compiler flags containing spaces not passed correctly to IntelliSense. #1414
• Don't scan the whole workspace for CMakeLists.txt, just a few folders. #2127
• Regression with Visual Studio generator and non-default toolset. #2147
• Debug shows "No compiler found in cache file." dialog. #2121
• Unable to work with pre-configured projects (cache is deleted). #2140
• Unknown C/C++ standard control flags: -std=gnu++2b and -std=c2x. #2150
• Select the most recently used build/test preset when configure preset changes. #1927
• Re-enable build target selection when using presets. #1872

1.8.1

Bug fixes:

• Command substitutions in launch.json are broken. #2091
• cmake.configureOnOpen setting is ignored. #2088
• User-defined preset not shown when inheriting from CMakePresets.json. #2082
• Fix presets using server API. #2026

1.8.0

Improvements:

• Last selected target isn't read on start up. #1148
• Use cached cmake-file-api response to configure IntelliSense on startup. #1149
• Show a quickPick of all the CMakeLists.txt inside the project (if none exists where "cmake.sourceDirectory" points at). #533
• Add command to get the active folder of a workspace. #1715 @guestieng
• Task provider refactoring to best utilize latest updates from VSCode. PR #1880
• Add docker container definition. PR #1758
• Enhance the vsix build with package scripts in package.json. PR #1752 @lygstate

Bug fixes:

• Fix various presets field settings to be passed correctly on to CMake. #2009
• Check for target architecture when reading toolchain FileAPI. #1879
• Fix environment variable in debugging docs. PR #1874 @zariiii9003
• Fix typo in variant docs. PR #1970 @melak47
• Update schema for preset cache variable CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE. #1934
• Fix regression in ctestDefaultArgs (ctest hardcoded directives: -T, test, --output-on-failure). #1956
• Don't throw when unknown diagnostics apepar. #1796
• Add parse target triple to fix "bad clang binary" error. #1916 @lygstate
• Include CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE in the generated text of configure preset. #1847
• Show also the "hidden" presets in the "Inherit from configure presets" quick pick. #1923
• Clang-cl diagnostics don't appear in Problems view. #517 @ki-bo
• Fix duplication in name of MSVC versus LLVM Clang kit. PR #1951 @lygstate
• Fixes output encoding in the vcvars setup process. PR #1985 @lygstate
• Remove vendor support since the string expansion is wrong for it. #1966
• Add configure preset environment to debug/launch. #1884
• Fix msvc2015 detection when only vs2019 is installed. #1905 @lygstate
• Prevent file index overwritting in multi-config generators. #1800 @andredsm
• Various cache variables edit/save fixes. PR #1826 @aemseemann
• Use JSON as the language mode of preset files. #2035
• Fix broken links to contributing file. PR #2016 @andredsm
• Kit scan generates incorrect kits for VS 2022 #2054
• Fix presets for msvc compilers with x86 outputs PR #2072

1.7.3

Bug fixes:

• Make sure CMake Tools configuration provider gets registered with presets on. #1832
• Add the license field to package.json. #1823
• Add title to "Select target" quickpick. #1860

1.7.2

Bug fixes:

• Fix paths of target sources outside the workspace. #1504 @sleiner
• Use stricter type checks in presets expansion. #1815
• Solve conflict between -DCMAKE_GENERAOR:STRING=Ninja versus -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64. PR #1753 @lygstate
• Fix operator precedence when getting code page. #1615 @taoyouh
• Override the locale when querying compiler versions. #1821
• Fix typo in CMakePresets.json schema. PR #1809 @bluec0re

1.7.1

Improvements:

• CppTools-API v5 integration. #1624

Bug fixes:

• Correct macros evaluation in inherited presets. #1787
• Macro expansions should consider environment variables defined in the kit. #1250
• Fix 1.7.0 IntelliSense regression related to default standard and CppTools provider version. #1788
• Correct folder information for presets in multi-root projects. PR #1785

1.7.0

Improvements:

• Support for CMake Presets. #529
• Support for File API "toolchains" object.
• User defined additional kits. PR #1701 @mjvankampen
• Touchbar extra functionality. PR #1693 @poterba

Bug fixes:

• Can not compile active file if definition has quoted text. #969
• Compiler flags containing spaces not passed correctly to IntelliSense. #1414
• Gcc/clang version analysis improvements. #1575
• Disable the extension when no CMakeLists is present. #1578
• Remove the "CMake Tools initializing" popup message. #1518
• Allow CppTools to chose a C/Cpp standard default. #1477
• Added ${workspaceHash} variable. PR #1055 @Zingam
• Setup CMT_MINGW_PATH properly on win32. PR #1611 @lygstate
• Codespaces specific changes of configureOnOpen default and popup UI. #1676
• Fixes environment expanding and document testEnvironment. PR #1598 @lygstate
• Pass cmake.debugConfig.args to launch target. PR #1603 @jbdamiano
• Dependencies package versions upgrade. PR #1475 @lygstate
• Add vendor hostOs targetOs targetArch versionMajor versionMinor attributes for kit. PR #1337 @lygstate
• Always correctly build target executable path. PR #1674 @falbrechtskirchinger
• Use variables instead of hardcoded values for system path references. #883 @Zingam
• ctestPath should allow the same substitutions as cmakePath. #785 @FakeTruth
• Change the order of available kits such that folder kits come first. #1736
• Fix "Configuring project" infinite loop when using "Locate" on a project without CMakeLists.txt. #1704
• Fix problems with using gdb debugger on MAC. #1691
• Fix parsing of target architecture flags with values that include arm64. #1735
• Changed ctest --output-on-failure from hardcode to default argument. PR #1729 @PedroLima92
• Update cmake-settings.md document. PR #1754 @lygstate

1.6.0

Bug Fixes:

• Fix Clang kit detection when version is at end of line. #1342 @falbrechtskirchinger
• Fix cache variables regular expression dealing with '='. #1613
• Add cmake.exportCompileCommandFile. #1440
• Fix the regexp of Gcc/Clang version to account for localization and more possible text patterns. #1575
• Fix regexp for compiler flags that contain spaces. #1414
• Fix compile active file when definition has quoted text. #969
• Re-register the tasks provider when the current build targe changes. #1576
• Don't localize the VS Clang kit name. PR #1632
• Remove CMake Tools activation of non CMake projects when tasks.runask is executed. PR #1642
• Add the TWXS CMake extension in the CMake Tools extension pack. PR #1643

1.5.3

Bug Fixes:

• "Clean all projects" broken since 1.5.0. #1542
• CMake task provider should not attempt to register until the CMake driver is available. #1549

1.5.2

Bug Fixes:

• Fix deadlock caused by commands invoked in string expansion during activation. PR #1532

1.5.1

Bug Fixes:

• Fix regular expression for variables values used in settings and kits json. #1526 #1525
• Add a setting to control whether the Touch Bar is visible or not. PR #1529

1.5.0

Improvements:

• Support variables for Kit.toolchainFile. PR #991 #1056 @blakehurd/@bobbrow
• Implement cmake:hideBuildCommand context option. PR #1355 @tritao
• Add option to set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE also on multi-config generators. PR #1393 @tonka3000
• Detect Clang for MSVC (GNU CLI) kits. #823 @omcnoe
• GUI support for CMake Tools cache. #513 @nieroger
• Tasks support. PR #1268 @vptrbv
• MacBook Pro touchbar support. #499 @vptrbv

Bug Fixes:

• Set right base_path for variant config files. PR #1462 @leolcao
• Inconsistent buildType substitution. #1366
• ${workspaceFolder} is not working for "environmentSetupScript" option. #1309 @Yaxley123
• Preserve focus when executing "CMake:Run Without Debugging". #1138 @estshorter
• Problems with CMake: Quick Start. #1004 @alan-wr
• Remove depends on optimist by upgrade handlebars. PR #1447 @lygstate
• Ignore the vcvars dev-bat call result. PR #1403 @lygstate
• Fix vs2010 which doesn't recognize host=x64. PR #1481 @lygstate
• Don't rebuild when doing command substitution. #1487
• Duplicate compiler flags should not be removed. PR #1497
• Hide "Unknown Language" for CUDA source files. PR #1502 @Synxis
• Ensure immediate effect of settings for communication mode and all generator related. PR #1500
• Fix shell script and vcvars devbat when TEMP folder has a space in the middle. #1492

1.4.2

Improvements:

• Added new variable substitution command: ${command:cmake.launchTargetFilename}. #632 @ebai101
• Add output parser for Wind River Diab compiler. PR #1267 @ce3a
• Set application run directory to executable path. #1395 @Shatur95

Bug Fixes:

• Allow minor version of File API protocol to be greater than expected. #1341 @KyleFromKitware
• Fix high-hitting crash related to output stream encoding. PR #1367
• Fix high-hitting crash: "message must be set" introduced by VS Code 1.49.0. #1432
• Fix detection of clang 10 on Debian. #1330
• Detect gdb for msys2 MinGW properly. PR #1338 @lygstate

1.4.1

Bug Fixes:

• VS environment not set correctly. #1243
• VS kits don't set host/target arch properly for toolsets. #1256
• Disable launchTarget key binding while debugging. #1170
• System headers not found. #1257
• Add setting to enable/disable automatic reconfiguring of projects. #1259
• Partial/full CMT activation improperly persisted for multi-root projects. #1269
• Fix MacOS debugging to work out of the box. #1284
• Ensure the silent kits scanning is run once for multi-root. #1302

1.4.0

Improvements:

• Documentation updates. PR #1130 @zalava
• Add support for per-folder browse path. #1073
• Use a shell script to set environment variables for a kit. #809 @pisker
• Improvements of the status bar UI. PR #1200 @SchweizS
• Add context menu for CMakeLists. #741 @SchweizS
• Support partial CMake Tools activation for non cmake repos. #1167
• Support ARM IntelliSense modes. #1155
• Support GNU language standards. #1208
• Add indication of active workspace to project outline. #1183 @SchweizS

Bug Fixes:

• Skip over debugger guessing logic if cmake.debugConfig explicitly sets miDebuggerPath. #1060
• Normalize all paths sent to CppTools. #1099
• Add support for Objective-C and Objective-C++. #1108 @marksisson
• Update the configuration provider id. #1045 @ChristianS99
• Clear the terminal for Compile Active File. #1122
• Update vswhere to a version that supports utf-8. #1104
• Support source files outside the base path. #1140
• Allow quotes in cache entries. #1124 @tmaslach
• Fix default preferred generators detection logic. #1084
• Fix host and target platform information for VS kits. #964
• Fix error caused by duplicate project structure. #587 @SchweizS
• Disable launchTarget key binding while debugging. #1170
• Skip configuring when cache is present and according setting is on. #984
• Remove deprecated cmake.useCMakeServer setting. #1059
• Trigger automatic CMake configure on CMakeLists.txt save. #1187 @Yuri6037
• Silently scanning for kits:
  • when there is no available kits json file. PR #1192
  • when the extension introduces breaking changes in the kits definition. #1195
• Various unhandled exceptions and crash fixes:
  • "cannot read property 'length' of undefined" when CMake not found in path. #1110
  • "cannot read property 'uri' of undefined" called by cmake.buildDirectory command. #1150
  • high hitting crash in telemetry. PR #1154

1.3.1

Improvements:

• Show "Collapse all" command on project outline view. #839 @dirondin

Bug Fixes:

• Toolset and platform are swapped when reading from CMake cache. #1065
• Unable to debug targets when path is specified as absolute by the cmake-file-api. #1067 @KoeMai

1.3.0

Improvements:

• Multi-root support. You can now open multiple folders in VS Code and CMake Tools will allow you to configure each of the projects in those folders.
• Add support for ${command:cmake.buildKit}. #334 @xgdgsc
• Add LLVM_ROOT and Visual Studio Clang locations to the search path for Kits. #914 @Zingam
• Support additional intelliSenseModes in the configuration provider. #960
• Detect bundled CMake in Visual Studio. #610 @Zingam
• Add "Scan for kits" option in kits QuickPick. #864 @Zingam
• Implement the CMake File API. PR #720 @KoeMai

Bug Fixes:

• Support temp folders not located on system drive. PR #974 @Carsten87
• Add MinGW path to the environment. PR #983
• Don't do a clean build for utility targets. #643 @rcxdude
• Visual Studio builds should support cmake.parallelJobs setting. PR #975 @tonka3000
• Fix build cancellation. #946 #781 #522 @KoeMai
• Normalize both absolute and relative paths. PR #963 @GeorchW
• Filter out duplicate targets from the target selector. #863
• Fix a crash when chcp is not found on the machine. #977
• Don't fail if CMakeLists.txt was appended to sourceDirectory. #1014
• Mark all tests as 'not run' in case of build failure when running CTest. PR #980 @Morozov-5F
• Add command to hide launch/debug commands and debug button. PR #1035
• Add support for ${workspaceFolderBasename}. #869
• Fix exception thrown by debug/launch commands. #1036

1.2.3

Bug fixes:

• CTest status bar button text appears malformed. #911
• Cleanup fix for message "Platform undefined / toolset {}". #913
• Fix incorrect file associations when language is unset. #926

1.2.2

Bug fixes:

• Fix broken SchemaProvider. #874
• Fix the RegExp for finding a debugger. #884
• Update flow for missing CMakeLists.txt. #533
• getVSInstallForKit should be a no-op on systems other than windows. #886
• Include missing source directories in the custom browse path. #882
• Handle exceptions thrown by spawn. #895
• Various generators fixes:
  • #900
  • #880
  • #885

1.2.1

Thank you to the following CMake Tools contributors: koemai, bjosa, emanspeaks, som1lse, dcourtois, tsing80, andy-held, notskm, thezogoth, yokuyuki, dbird137, fabianogk, randshot.

vector-of-bool has moved on to other things and Microsoft is now maintaining this extension. Thank you vector-of-bool for all of your hard work getting this extension to where it is today!

Breaking changes:

• The publisher id changes to ms-vscode.cmake-tools. This requires that you uninstall earlier versions of the extension.
• Scanning for kits is able to detect more accurately multiple VS installations. To achieve this, a Visual Studio kit is defined differently now in cmake-tools-kits.json: the "visualStudio" field represents an ID unique to the installation as opposed to "VisualStudio.${VS Version}" (which may be the same for multiple same year VS installations). The CMake Tools Extension is still able to work with the old definition VS kits, but for simplicity and to avoid duplicates in the json file it will prompt for permission to delete them each time a "Scan for kits" is performed.

Features:

• Support for localized messages.
• Cross compile support for CppTools integration.
• Adapt CppTools integration to API version 3. #637
• Expand kit environment variables. #460
• Add new commands: launchTargetDirectory, buildType, buildDirectory. #334, #654, #564, #559, #695
• Add support for VS2010.

Improvements:

• Restructuring of the CMake Driver.
• Improve stability of CMake Generator Selection. #512
• Refactor and extend CMS-server driver test.
• Rework the CMake Build from a terminal to a task.
• Add Launch target test.
• Increase wait time in test to open terminal.

Bug fixes:

• Cannot execute current target without a debugger. #601
• Path clobbering by bad kit file env. #701, #713
• Target install missing. #504
• CTest controller updated on reconfig. #212
• Recalculate total for every run of CTest.
• Debug target does not find GDB. #375

1.1.3

Many thanks to Yonggang Luo for several changes in this version.

Removal:

• The visual CMake cache editor GUI is gone. The API with which it was drawn is being removed from a future version of VS Code, and the feature had many issues. A future CMake GUI will be introduced with more features and greater stability.

Features and Tweaks:

• On Linux, will detect old CMake versions and offer to do an automatic upgrade. Windows support is pending. If you have a macOS devices and would like to contribute, please open a pull request!
• Smarter parsing of GCC and Clang compile errors to fold note: and required from: blocks into their main diagnostic. This permits the folding and browsing of template and macro instantiation errors in a nicer fashion. MSVC error parsing pending. (NOTE: There is an upstream issue with the sort order of diagnostic information, so required from tracebacks may appear out-of-order).

Fixes:

• On Windows, "Launch target in terminal" will use cmd.exe unconditionally. This works around issues with command quoting in PowerShell
• "Debug target" will prefer lldb-mi to lldb. Fixes issues where cpptools is unable to launch the debugger.
• Document the environmentVariables field on kits.
• Fix legacy CMake mode not setting the CMake generator.
• Permit limited variable expansion for cmake.cmakePath in settings.json (refer to documentation for more details).

1.1.2

A bugfix release for these issues.

1.1.1

A bugfix release for these issues.

BREAKING CHANGE: Variant substitutions follow a new ${variant:var-key} syntax to match the special namespacing of substitutions.

1.1.0

1.1.0 includes a few new major features:

• cpptools integration for IntelliSense
• A Project Outline view as a custom explorer
• Building individual source files from the editor menus
• New UI for progress and cancellation

See the changelog in the official documentation for more information.