command:cmake.buildType always returns Debug when using CMakePresets

[calebkiage]

Brief Issue Summary

When using CMake presets, the command:cmake.buildType always resolves to Debug.
It can be tested with this task:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "shell",
            "label": "test env",
            "command": "echo",
            "args": [
                "$env:Test"
            ],
            "options": {
                "env": {
                    "Test": "${command:cmake.buildType}"
                }
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        }
    ]
}

TEST is always Debug

CMake Tools Diagnostics

{
  "os": "win32",
  "vscodeVersion": "1.74.0",
  "cmtVersion": "1.13.28",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "folder": "c:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\Documents\\projects\\practice\\cpp\\sample",
      "cmakeVersion": "3.24.2",
      "configured": false,
      "generator": "Visual Studio 17 2022",
      "usesPresets": true,
      "compilers": {}
    }
  ],
  "cpptoolsIntegration": {
    "isReady": true,
    "hasCodeModel": false,
    "activeBuildType": "",
    "buildTypesSeen": [],
    "requests": [
      "file:///c%3A/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/main.cpp"
    ],
    "responses": [],
    "partialMatches": [],
    "targetCount": 0,
    "executablesCount": 0,
    "librariesCount": 0,
    "targets": []
  },
  "settings": [
    {
      "communicationMode": "automatic",
      "useCMakePresets": "auto",
      "configureOnOpen": false
    }
  ]
}

Debug Log

[main] Building folder: sample 
[main] Saving open files before configure/build
[main] Configuring folder: sample 
[main] Saving open files before configure/build
[driver] Start configure 
[driver] Running pre-configure checks and steps
[cmakefileapi-driver] Configuring using preset
[cmakefileapi-driver] Invoking CMake C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE with arguments ["-SC:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample","-BC:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/build","-G","Visual Studio 17 2022"]
[proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" -SC:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample -BC:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022"
[proc]   with environment: {"ALLUSERSPROFILE":"C:\\ProgramData","ANDROID_SDK_ROOT":"C:\\dev\\android-sdk","APPDATA":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Roaming","ChocolateyInstall":"C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey","ChocolateyLastPathUpdate":"133108474694752903","ChocolateyToolsLocation":"C:\\tools","CommonProgramFiles":"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files","CommonProgramFiles(x86)":"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files","CommonProgramW6432":"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files","COMPUTERNAME":"LAPTOP-FTLGGKLC","ComSpec":"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe","CONAN_USER_HOME_SHORT":"C:\\dev\\.conan","DriverData":"C:\\Windows\\System32\\Drivers\\DriverData","ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE":"1","GOPATH":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\go","HOMEDRIVE":"C:","HOMEPATH":"\\Users\\calebmagiya","JAVA_HOME":"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\jdk-17.0.5.8-hotspot\\","LOCALAPPDATA":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local","LOGONSERVER":"\\\\LAPTOP-FTLGGKLC","MSYS_ROOT":"C:\\msys64","NEXTHINK":"C:\\Program Files\\Nexthink\\Collector","NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS":"8","OneDrive":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\OneDrive - Microsoft","OneDriveCommercial":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\OneDrive - Microsoft","ORIGINAL_XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP":"undefined","OS":"Windows_NT","Path":"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\jdk-17.0.5.8-hotspot\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Azure\\CLI2\\wbin;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32;C:\\WINDOWS;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\OpenSSH\\;C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\;C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\Bin;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\130\\Tools\\Binn\\;C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\150\\Tools\\Binn\\;C:\\Program Files\\Go\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Gpg4win\\..\\GnuPG\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd;C:\\Program Files\\CMake\\bin;C:\\Strawberry\\c\\bin;C:\\Strawberry\\perl\\site\\bin;C:\\Strawberry\\perl\\bin;C:\\dev\\android-sdk\\platform-tools;C:\\dev\\flutter\\bin;;C:\\Program Files\\Docker\\Docker\\resources\\bin;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\.cargo\\bin;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\Scripts\\;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Fiddler;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\go\\bin;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\bin;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\JetBrains\\Toolbox\\scripts;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\.dotnet\\tools;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\nvs\\default;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\nvs\\;C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\oh-my-posh\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dr. Memory\\bin\\;","PATHEXT":".COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC","POSH_THEMES_PATH":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\oh-my-posh\\themes","PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE":"AMD64","PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER":"Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 12, GenuineIntel","PROCESSOR_LEVEL":"6","PROCESSOR_REVISION":"8e0c","ProgramData":"C:\\ProgramData","ProgramFiles":"C:\\Program Files","ProgramFiles(x86)":"C:\\Program Files (x86)","ProgramW6432":"C:\\Program Files","PSModulePath":"C:\\Program Files\\WindowsPowerShell\\Modules;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\Modules;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Azure Information Protection\\Powershell","PUBLIC":"C:\\Users\\Public","SESSIONNAME":"Console","SystemDrive":"C:","SystemRoot":"C:\\WINDOWS","TEMP":"C:\\Users\\CALEBM~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp","TMP":"C:\\Users\\CALEBM~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp","UATDATA":"C:\\Windows\\CCM\\UATData\\D9F8C395-CAB8-491d-B8AC-179A1FE1BE77","USERDNSDOMAIN":"africa.corp.microsoft.com","USERDOMAIN":"AFRICA","USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE":"AFRICA","USERNAME":"calebmagiya","USERPROFILE":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya","VCPKG_DOWNLOADS":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\.vcpkg\\downloads","VS140COMNTOOLS":"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\Common7\\Tools\\","VSCODE_AMD_ENTRYPOINT":"vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess","VSCODE_CODE_CACHE_PATH":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\CachedData\\5235c6bb189b60b01b1f49062f4ffa42384f8c91","VSCODE_CWD":"C:\\Users\\calebmagiya\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code","VSCODE_HANDLES_UNCAUGHT_ERRORS":"true","VSCODE_IPC_HOOK":"\\\\.\\pipe\\0d6ec62be47c6423f149c98e814ac9cf-1.74.0-main-sock","VSCODE_NLS_CONFIG":"{\"locale\":\"en-ke\",\"availableLanguages\":{},\"_languagePackSupport\":true}","VSCODE_PID":"14448","windir":"C:\\WINDOWS","ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN":"1"}
[cmake] -- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.34.31935.0
[cmake] -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
[cmake] -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
[cmake] -- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Enterprise/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.34.31933/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe - skipped
[cmake] -- Detecting CXX compile features
[cmake] -- Detecting CXX compile features - done
[cmake] -- Configuring done
[cmake] -- Generating done
[cmake] -- Build files have been written to: C:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/build
[cmakefileapi-parser] Read reply folder: C:\Users\calebmagiya\Documents\projects\practice\cpp\sample\build\.cmake\api\v1\reply
[cmakefileapi-parser] Found index files: ["cache-v2-2d011bebcfc757f1cbdd.json","cmakeFiles-v1-41b752efb10573f1f0fe.json","codemodel-v2-e995d1bbb02b8db2dfc4.json","directory-.-Debug-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","directory-.-MinSizeRel-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","directory-.-Release-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","directory-.-RelWithDebInfo-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","index-2022-12-13T15-07-46-0181.json","target-ALL_BUILD-Debug-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-ALL_BUILD-MinSizeRel-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-ALL_BUILD-Release-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-ALL_BUILD-RelWithDebInfo-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-sample-Debug-073621441fabf1c9d320.json","target-sample-MinSizeRel-f38e922b10f896d45542.json","target-sample-Release-53fd8d283487667dd6ce.json","target-sample-RelWithDebInfo-78aa17bef0bbc316cef9.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-Debug-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-MinSizeRel-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-Release-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-RelWithDebInfo-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","toolchains-v1-777a92ef48bc79263443.json"]
[cache] Reading CMake cache file C:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/build/CMakeCache.txt
[cache] Parsing CMake cache string
[build] Starting build
[driver] Start build 
[proc] Executing command: chcp
[proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" --build C:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/build --config Release
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[build] MSBuild version 17.4.0+18d5aef85 for .NET Framework
[build]   Checking Build System
[build]   Building Custom Rule C:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/CMakeLists.txt
[build]   main.cpp
[build]   sample.vcxproj -> C:\Users\calebmagiya\Documents\projects\practice\cpp\sample\build\Release\sample.exe
[build]   Building Custom Rule C:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/CMakeLists.txt
[cmakefileapi-parser] Read reply folder: C:\Users\calebmagiya\Documents\projects\practice\cpp\sample\build\.cmake\api\v1\reply
[cmakefileapi-parser] Found index files: ["cache-v2-2d011bebcfc757f1cbdd.json","cmakeFiles-v1-41b752efb10573f1f0fe.json","codemodel-v2-e995d1bbb02b8db2dfc4.json","directory-.-Debug-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","directory-.-MinSizeRel-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","directory-.-Release-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","directory-.-RelWithDebInfo-d0094a50bb2071803777.json","index-2022-12-13T15-07-46-0181.json","target-ALL_BUILD-Debug-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-ALL_BUILD-MinSizeRel-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-ALL_BUILD-Release-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-ALL_BUILD-RelWithDebInfo-7e5198e80fb177998d36.json","target-sample-Debug-073621441fabf1c9d320.json","target-sample-MinSizeRel-f38e922b10f896d45542.json","target-sample-Release-53fd8d283487667dd6ce.json","target-sample-RelWithDebInfo-78aa17bef0bbc316cef9.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-Debug-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-MinSizeRel-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-Release-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","target-ZERO_CHECK-RelWithDebInfo-e59c5ca20d3a9de0b3af.json","toolchains-v1-777a92ef48bc79263443.json"]
[build] Build finished with exit code 0
[cache] Reading CMake cache file C:/Users/calebmagiya/Documents/projects/practice/cpp/sample/build/CMakeCache.txt
[cache] Parsing CMake cache string
[extension] [3057] cmake.build finished (returned 0)

Additional Information

[bobbrow]

Thank you for reporting this issue. It will be addressed by pull request #2895

[calebkiage]

@bobbrow, I was going to open a PR on this. :-) Thanks for working on it so fast.

[bobbrow]

We can't guarantee we'll get to all issues this fast, but @elahehrashedi picked it up this morning while looking through new issues since it looked like a relatively quick fix.