launch envFile cannot use the variable ${fileDirname}

[snr278]

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.45.1(user setup)
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2020.5.80290
• OS and version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 2.7.5 64-bit
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | ...): NA
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: XXX
• Relevant/affected Python-related VS Code extensions and their versions: XXX
• Jedi or Language Server? (i.e. what is "python.jediEnabled" set to; more info How to update the language server to the latest stable version vscode-python#3977): Jedi
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Microsoft

Expected behaviour

configurations.envFile can use the variable ${fileDirname} (eg:"envFile": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.env")

Actual behaviour

env variables define in file ${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.env are not working.

Steps to reproduce:

[NOTE: Self-contained, minimal reproducing code samples are extremely helpful and will expedite addressing your issue]

1. create test file ${workspaceFolder}/test/test.py ${workspaceFolder}/test/test.env.
   2.test.env define the env variable TEST_ENV_MY=hello world test_env
   3.test.py print the env variable TEST_ENV_MY
   4.define the envFile in launch.json "envFile": "${fileDirname}/.env"

Logs

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

XXX

Output from Console under the Developer Tools panel (toggle Developer Tools on under Help; turn on source maps to make any tracebacks be useful by running Enable source map support for extension debugging)

XXXX

[kimadeline]

Hi @snr278,

Thank you for reporting this issue! Seems like we don't interpolate fileDirname correctly.

Notes

• fileDirname works with Node debugging, whether in the envFile path or as an env variable:

• fileDirname works as an env variable in the Python launch config, but not when in the envFile path:

[mattgillard]

I just came across this bug today. I thought it was just me!

[weinand]

@kimadeline above you said

"we don't interpolate fileDirname correctly"

Please note that it is dangerous to interpolate variables yourself because you will miss newly introduced variables (and your variable substitution code might differ from VS Code's code).

A fully interpolated launch config is passed into the DebugConfigurationProviders method resolveDebugConfigurationWithSubstitutedVariables. If you are already implementing a method resolveDebugConfiguration then you can just rename that method to resolveDebugConfigurationWithSubstitutedVariables and drop your own variable substitution code.

[kimadeline]

Thank you for the heads-up @weinand! We indeed use resolveDebugConfiguration, so resolveDebugConfigurationWithSubstitutedVariables is a very likely part of the solution (we still need to investigate further and see if there's anything else that could be causing this issue).

@mattgillard feel free to upvote the issue report to help us prioritize this.

Thanks!

[jtele2]

This seems to work sometimes for me and other times it does not. Any ideas?

[eleanorjboyd]

Is this still a problem people are facing?