Option "execute in file dir" ignored when use play button "debug python file in terminal"

[Diogo-Rossi]

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.61.0
• Extension version: 2021.10.1317843341
• OS and version: 10.0.19043.1237
• Python version: 3.8.8 Anaconda
• Type of virtual environment used: conda
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: default

Expected behaviour

When debugging python file in terminal, it should use the option to "execute the file in the file's directory, instead of the current open folder" (setting "python.terminal.executeInFileDir": true)

It is ok when choose "run python file in terminal". It should do the same when debugging.

Actual behaviour

"Debug python file in terminal" (with the same "play button" used to "run python file in terminal") ignores the setting "python.terminal.executeInFileDir": true

Steps to reproduce:

Try to "debug python file in the terminal" with the same "play button" used to "run python file in terminal".

It leads to error specially when leading with local files in debugging, which worked fine when running.

See bellow running and debugging the same file, in the same folder.

[karthiknadig]

@Diogo-Rossi As a work around you can add debug configuration to launch json:

        {
            "name": "Python: Debug in file dir",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
            "purpose": ["debug-in-terminal"]
        }

[Diogo-Rossi]

@karthiknadig thanks!

[alandema]

Adding to this issue: The "execute in file dir" also seems to be ignore when Run > Run without debugging from the menu bar. I'm using a setted workspace with three folders, but somehow, when run without debugging, the VSCode tries to run any file from the workspace always in the second folder in my workspace.

[Diogo-Rossi]

@alandema, I'm not the expert, but I believe the option "execute in file dir" refers only to the commands python.execInTerminal and python.debugInTerminal from the extension VS Code Python only (optionally triggered with the "play button").

I believe the menu "Run > Run without debugging" executes the command workbench.action.debug.run, native from VS Code.

In this case, I think the folder is set in the launch.json file with the optinon "cwd": "${fileDirname}". like @karthiknadig said.

[alandema]

@Diogo-Rossi Indeed, this may be the case for me.

[rongroth]

@Diogo-Rossi As a work around you can add debug configuration to launch json:

        {
            "name": "Python: Debug in file dir",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
            "purpose": ["debug-in-terminal"]
        }

I had tried everything that I could find via Google to get this to work. I was about to write that it didn't work for me, but I realized that there was the additional "purpose" line. I added that and it now seems to be working - my print(os.getcwd()) is for the file's directory now when I do debug.