cargo-debugger: easily launch rust executables with vscode's debugger

cargo-debugger is a simple CLI tool that launches your cargo build with the vscode debugger attached.

Installation

cargo install cargo-debugger

Usage

cdb is an alias to cargo rustc --message-format json-diagnostic-rendered-ansi ... - so simply pass normal cargo arguments to cdb.

Any extra args after -- will be passed to the executable under debug.

cargo debugger --bin dioxus-cli -- serve --verbose --experimental-bundle-split --trace --release

This will launch your cargo build with the vscode debugger attached.

Currently, we only support cargo rustc equivalents. We also only launch with the code-lldb debugger for vscode. If you'd like to use another editor or debugger, feel free to contribute!

Tips

• Make sure your target executable has debug symbols. Release builds won't have them. Some custom profiles won't either.
• You can create aliases to cargo-debugger configurations your .zshrc or .bashrc to make it easier to launch your executables.
• We use the format outlined here for deep-link urls. https://github.com/vadimcn/codelldb/blob/master/MANUAL.md#debugging-externally-launched-code

Future Ideas

• Support more cargo commands (test, bench, etc)
• Attach to a running process (https://github.com/vadimcn/codelldb/blob/master/MANUAL.md#attaching-debugger-to-the-current-process-c)
• WASM support
• More editors and debuggers

License

MIT