1.13.7

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fix

• Fix files.associations not working. #10244

1.13.6

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add the ability to generate definitions from declarations and vice versa. #664
• Add SSH Target Selector. PR #9760
• Add rsync support in deploySteps. PR #9808

Enhancements

• Add C_Cpp.caseSensitiveFileSupport for enabling case sensitive file handling on Windows. #1994
• Add sections to settings. #8237
• Make Doxygen hover comments customizable with C_Cpp.doxygen.sectionTags. #8525
• Add better build and debug task handling for when a compiler or debugger doesn't exist. #8836
• Delay applying c_cpp_properties.json changes until after a save. #9185
• Create directories on Linux/Mac with 755 instead of 777 permissions. #9670
• Check for MSVC environment variables for configuring IntelliSense. #9745
• Enable the inlay hint settings to be set per-workspace folder. #9782
• Add a C_Cpp.hover setting to enable disabling hover results. #9793
• Update to clang-format and clang-tidy 15.0.3. #9816
• Enable hiding the SSH Targets view with the C_Cpp.sshTargetsView setting. #9836
• Change "Enabled", "Disabled", "Default" settings to camelCase. PR #9862
• Add support for C++ modules IFC version 0.42. #9884
• Add SSH terminal for targets. PR #9895
• Make array settings give a warning for duplicates. PR #9959
• Add "iar" and "armcc5" problem matchers. #10054
  • Michael (@morsisko) PR #10085, PR #10101
• Pass --Wno-error=unknown to clang-format (12 or newer) to avoid failing on unsupported settings. #10072
• Add support for /cygdrive paths returned by some versions of Cygwin. #10112
• Switch from RapidJSON to VS's internal JSON parser.

Bug Fixes

• Fix "final" breaking formatting. #6638
• Fix incorrect Outline view with C++20 namespace ::inline syntax. #7216
• Fix updates to compile_commands.json not being handled if specified using a relative path. #7610
• Fix variadic macros not expanding correctly. #8178
• Fix the editor.parameterHints.enabled setting not being used when C_Cpp.autocompleteAddParentheses is true. #9314
• Fix IntelliSense bug "A result type of __builtin_choose_expr that returns a pointer to a function is not correctly inferred in clang mode". #9368
• Fix some invalid macro redefinition errors. #9435
• Fix wordexp sometimes getting stuck on Mac (and Linux). #9688
• Fix ctrl+space completion for Doxygen tags. #9732
• Fix the position of inlay parameter hints when using at or operator[]. #9741
• Fix -std= being passed to clang-tidy in certain cases . #9776
• Fix ${workspaceFolder} not being resolved in C_Cpp.clang_format_style. #9786
• Fix debugger visualization for ArrayItem elements more than 1000. #9801
• Fix extra comma in the generated the (gdb) attach configuration in launch.json. #9818
• Fix IntelliSense crash with range-v3 ranges::views::addressof. #9870
• Fix slow compiler querying. #9882
• Handle -fexperimental-library clang argument. #9888
• Fix compiler querying with multiple -arch. #9894
• Fix code analysis errors related to SSE being enabled when gcc is used. #9898
• Fix issue with parsing SSH configurations that could cause the extension to fail to activate. #9933
• Fix inlay hints showing "type" for lambdas in certain cases. #9971
• Resolve variables for C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.clangTidy.args and headerFilter. #9981, #9996
• Fix some translations. #9986, #10011, #10012, #10013
• Fix "Step Over past a logpoint stops at the wrong place". #9995
• Disable the "Generate Doxygen Comment" context menu when IntelliSense is disabled. PR #10007
• Fix Doxygen code action from appearing on a function that already has a */ comment. #10009
• Fix clang-tidy and clang-format not working on CentOS7 and other Linux OS's without glibc 2.27 or greater. #10019
• Fix various bugs with the C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.clangTidy.headerFilter setting. #10023
• Fix Doxygen comment generation when there's a selection. #10028
• Fix issue that could cause document corruption. #10035
• Fixed crash on Linux/Mac when a full command line is specified in compilerPath containing invalid arguments. PR #10070
• Fix random "Failed to spawn IntelliSense process: 65520" on Mac. #10091
• Fix "Don't hardcode path to kill in UnixUtilities". #10124
  • Ellie Hermaszewska (@expipiplus1) PR #1373
• Fix formatting when clang-format 11 or earlier is used (and another issue for version 8 or earlier). #10178
• Fix "Natvis: are multi-dimensional arrays supported in gdb natvis?". MIEngine#980
• Fix include completion sorting extensionless headers (e.g. string) after headers with an extension (e.g. string.h).
• Fix extensionHost logging an error related to onWillSaveTextDocument whenever a save is done.
• Fix random "Failed to spawn IntelliSense process" on Mac.
• Fix a deadlock when IntelliSense errors are updating.
• Fix redundant rescan when adding a workspace folder.

Removed Feature

• Removed explicit WSL support in favor of using the WSL extension. PR #10066

Known Issues

• Changes to the enclosing type aren't taken into account after Create Declaration / Definition is used once. #10162

1.13.5 (pre-release, release candidate)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix "Step Over past a logpoint stops at the wrong place". #9995
• Fix "Don't hardcode path to kill in UnixUtilities". #10124
  • Ellie Hermaszewska (@expipiplus1) PR #1373
• Fix the create declaration/definition feature not adding the definition if a new source file needs to be created. #10159
• Fix the create declaration/definition feature not having the correct cursor location after adding a definition. #10160
• Fix the create declaration/definition feature not formatting inserted definitions. #10161
  • This has the side-effect of fixing the extra newlines created in a new file if clang-format is used. #10164
  • However, clang-format 15 has a bug which can cause formatting of newly inserted definitions to fail in some cases: LLVM#59178
• Fix formatting when clang-format 11 or earlier is used (and another issue for version 8 or earlier). #10178

Known Issues

• Changes to the enclosing type of a function aren't not taken into account after Create Declaration / Definition is used once. #10162
• Create Declaration / Definition doesn't work correctly with anonymous namespaces. #10189

1.13.4

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add the ability to generate definitions from declarations and vice versa. #664

Enhancements

• Add sections to settings. #8237
• Check for MSVC environment variables for configuring IntelliSense. #9745
• Add "iar" and "armcc5" problem matchers. #10054
  • Michael (@morsisko) PR #10085, PR #10101
• Pass --Wno-error=unknown to clang-format to avoid failing on unsupported settings. #10072
• Add support for /cygdrive paths returned by some versions of Cygwin. #10112

Bug Fixes

• Fix updates to compile_commands.json not being handled if specified using a relative path. #7610
• Fix code analysis errors related to SSE2 being enabled. #9898
• Fix Doxygen code action from appearing on a function that already has a */ comment. #10009
• Fix Doxygen comment generation when there's a selection. #10028
• Fixed crash on Linux/Mac when a full command line is specified in compilerPath containing invalid arguments. PR #10070
• Fix random "Failed to spawn IntelliSense process: 65520" on Mac. #10091

Removed Features

• Removed explicit WSL support in favor of using the WSL extension. #10066
• The fix for an IntelliSense crash with the seqan3 library #8956 in 1.13.3 was removed because it caused a regression. #10075

Known Issues

• Create declaration/definition does not complete operation when creating new file (re-running the operation after it creates the file will work around it). #10159
• Create declaration/definition does not select the correct range of new inserted text. #10160
• Create declaration/definition feature should format newly inserted definition or declaration. #10161
• Changes to the enclosing type of a function aren't not taken into account after Create Declaration / Definition is used once. #10162
• Creation declaration/definition that targets a new file (or an empty one) has 2 extra newlines. #10164

1.13.3

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Make Doxygen hover comments customizable with C_Cpp.doxygen.sectionTags. #8525
• Delay applying c_cpp_properties.json changes until after a save. #9185
• Create directories on Linux/Mac with 755 instead of 777 permissions. #9670
• Add a C_Cpp.hover setting to enable disabling hover results. #9793
• Update to clang-format and clang-tidy 15.0.3. #9816
• Make array settings give a warning for duplicates. PR #9959

Bug Fixes

• Fix "final" breaking formatting. #6638
• Fix an IntelliSense crash with the seqan3 library. #8956
• Fix the editor.parameterHints.enabled setting not being used when C_Cpp.autocompleteAddParentheses is true. #9314
• Fix wordexp sometimes getting stuck on Mac (and Linux). #9688
• Fix ctrl+space completion for Doxygen tags. #9732
• Fix inlay hints showing "type" for lambdas in certain cases. #9971
• Resolve variables for C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.clangTidy.args and headerFilter. #9981, #9996
• Fix some translations. #9986, #10011, #10012, #10013
• Disable the "Generate Doxygen Comment" context menu when IntelliSense is disabled. PR #10007
• Fix clang-tidy and clang-format not working on CentOS7 and other Linux OS's without glibc 2.27 or greater. #10019
• Fix various bugs with the C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.clangTidy.headerFilter setting. #10023
• Fix extensionHost logging an error related to onWillSaveTextDocument whenever a save is done.
• Fix random "Failed to spawn IntelliSense process" on Mac.
• Fix redundant rescan when adding a workspace folder.

Known Issues

• IntelliSense regression: #10075

1.13.2

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Enable the inlay hint settings to be set per-workspace folder. #9782
• Switch from RapidJSON to VS's internal JSON parser.

Bug Fixes

• Fix some invalid macro redefinition errors. #9435
• Reduce the occurrence of wordexp getting stuck. #9688
• Fix the position of inlay parameter hints when using at or operator[]. #9741
• Fix IntelliSense crash with range-v3 ranges::views::addressof. #9870
• Fix slow compiler querying. #9882
• Fix clang-tidy errors related to __SSE__ defines when gcc is used. #9898
• Fix issue with parsing SSH configurations that could cause the extension to fail to activate. #9933

Known Issues

• #9688
• #9938

1.13.1 (pre-release)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Enable hiding the SSH Targets view with the C_Cpp.sshTargetsView setting. #9836
• Change "Enabled", "Disabled", "Default" settings to camelCase. PR #9862
• Add support for C++ modules IFC version 0.42. #9884
• Add SSH terminal for targets. PR #9895

Bug Fixes

• Fix incorrect Outline view with C++20 namespace ::inline syntax. #7216
• Fix variadic macros not expanding correctly. #8178
• Add diagnostic changes for the issue with wordexp getting stuck. #9688
• Fix -std= being passed to clang-tidy in certain cases . #9776
• Fix debugger visualization for ArrayItem elements more than 1000. #9801
• Handle -fexperimental-library clang argument. #9888
• Fix compiler querying with multiple -arch. #9894
• Fix "Failed to read file C:\ProgramData\ssh\ssh_config." in logging . #9899
• Fix "Natvis: are multi-dimensional arrays supported in gdb natvis?". MIEngine#980

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.13.0 (pre-release)

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code and choosing the option "Switch to Pre-Release Version" or download a vsix that matches your OS from the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• SSH Target Selector. PR #9760
• rsync support in deploySteps. PR #9808

Enhancements

• Add C_Cpp.caseSensitiveFileSupport for enabling case sensitive file handling on Windows. #1994
• Add better build and debug task handling for when a compiler or debugger doesn't exist. #8836

Bug Fixes

• Fix ${workspaceFolder} not being resolved in C_Cpp.clang_format_style. #9786
• Fix extra comma in the generated the (gdb) attach configuration in launch.json. #9818
• Fix include completion sorting extensionless headers (e.g. string) after headers with an extension (e.g. string.h).

Known Issues

• None so far.

1.12.4

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

Other

• Revert changes to telemetry key format. PR #9822

1.12.3

Instructions

Install it via using the Extensions view in VS Code or download a vsix that matches your OS from Assets section below (or the "Download" dropdown in the "Version History" tab section on the Marketplace website) and then use the Extensions: Install from VSIX... command in VS Code (don't double-click the vsix or another app like VS might try to open it incorrectly).

Requirements

• VS Code 1.67.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add Doxygen comment generation via command, context menu, code action, or typing. #5683
• Add auto-complete of Doxygen keywords in comments.

Enhancements

• Add auto-formatting of lines that are changed by code analysis fixes. #9322
• Add compile arguments to enable colorized output in cppBuild tasks for clang. #9643
• Cache and reuse SSH passwords in the current remote debugging session. PR #9654
• Fix "natvis collections only show the first 50 elements". MIEngine#821
  • Related #9377
• Fix "cppdbg doesn't support array view of char* buf". MIEngine#1258
• Support explicit this references in natvis files.
  • @Trass3r PR MIEngine#1163
• Do std fallback when compiler querying, even when explicitly specified via a compiler arg.

Bug Fixes

• Fix several IntelliSense parsing bugs. #3683, #6659, #7446, #9215
• Fix crash when tag parsing files containing certain string literals. #9538
• Fix incorrect semantic tokens with templated operator overloads. #9556
• Fix . to -> completion in functions defined in the class/struct definition. #9599
• Fix inlay hint filtering not working with some cases of whitespace. #9606
• Fix Chinese translation mistakes.
  • kouhe3 (@kouhe3) PR #9624
• Fix IntelliSense error with ARM register declarations. #9627
• Fix files with a .c extension not using a C++ std version passed in the compilerArgs or compilerFragments. #9628
• Fix unnecessary IntelliSense process restarting on file creation handling. #9630
• Fix tag parsing of classes and enums with attributes. #9672
• Add PID to the extended remote process picker. PR #9673
• Fix tag parser crash. #9679, #9695
• Fix code analysis fixes generating invalid code when the fix has escaped characters. #9683
• Fix unintended generation of nul.d file when querying clang or gcc, when compiler arguments include dependency generation arguments. #9707
• Fix code analysis fixes not being available when more than one check is associated with a fix. #9755
• Fix error when debugging is started without a launch.json and IntelliSense is disabled. #9762
• Fix "The result of GDB -exec evaluate request in all contexts is printed in debug console." MIEngine #1236
• Fix "Evaluating a variable after a failed Step Out causes a fatal error, leaving debug session unusable". MIEngine#1336
  • Gareth Rees (@gareth-rees) PR MIEngine#1337
• Fix deadlock in HandleStackTraceRequestAsync where lock was hold too long.
  • GeorgeMay (@JoergMeier106) PR MIEngine#1309
• Fix potential crashes on shutdown.

Known Issues (related to changes in this release)

• Doxygen comment generation "on type" doesn't work with /** or /*! styles. #9799
  • This is planned for our next release.