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Chen Tian
Chen Tian

Reputation: 109

Where does breakpoints stores

In VSCode, where do the breakpoints store?

When I relaunch VSCode, those breakpoints still exists, so there should be a place for VSCode to store them. But it is stored neither in the workspace, nor in .vscode.

I need to know where they store so that I can backup/restore/add/modify/delete multiple breakpoints conveniently and efficiently.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 2568

Answers (2)

mooncoder
mooncoder

Reputation: 111

On mac, it's

~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/<hash>

Upvotes: 0

Scott McPeak
Scott McPeak

Reputation: 12864

Where are the breakpoints stored?

On Windows, the breakpoints are stored in:

%APPDATA%/Code/User/workspaceStorage/(long_hash)/state.vscdb

On Linux, they are in (per Matt's comment):

$HOME/.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage/(long_hash)/state.vscdb

To locate the (long_hash), I added a breakpoint and looked for a file that was recently modified. If you have Cygwin bash, a command like this works, right after adding or removing a breakpoint:

  $ cd $APPDATA/Code
  $ find . -mmin -1

The state.vscdb file is a SQLite database. I'm able to pull some data out of it using strings (another Cygwin command):

  $ strings state.vscdb | grep 'debug.breakpoint'
  debug.breakpoint
  debug.breakpoint
  debug.breakpoint[{"enabled":true,"uri":{"$mid":1,"fsPath":"d:\\wrk\\learn\\vscode\\cpphello\\helloworld.cpp","_sep":1,"external":"file:///d%3A/wrk/learn/vscode/cpphello/helloworld.cpp","path":"/D:/wrk/learn/vscode/cpphello/helloworld.cpp","scheme":"file"},"lineNumber":12},{"enabled":true,"uri":{"$mid":1,"fsPath":"d:\\wrk\\learn\\vscode\\cpphello\\helloworld.cpp","_sep":1,"external":"file:///d%3A/wrk/learn/vscode/cpphello/helloworld.cpp","path":"/D:/wrk/learn/vscode/cpphello/helloworld.cpp","scheme":"file"},"lineNumber":13}]g
  debug.breakpoint[{"enabled":true,"uri":{"$mid":1,"fsPath":"d:\\wrk\\learn\\vscode\\cpphello\\helloworld.cpp","_sep":1,"external":"file:///d%3A/wrk/learn/vscode/cpphello/helloworld.cpp","path":"/D:/wrk/learn/vscode/cpphello/helloworld.cpp","scheme":"file"},"lineNumber":12}]

The above is with a single breakpoint at helloworld.cpp line 12.

Is accessing this file a good idea?

Probably not!

If your goal is to query or manipulate the breakpoints yourself by modifying this file, I'd caution that that risks corrupting VSCode's internal storage (even if using a proper SQLite client).

I recommend instead using the VSCode extension APIs debug.breakpoints and debug.addBreakpoints to query and modify them from within VSCode.

Upvotes: 10

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