[Lldb-commits] [lldb] [lldb-dap] expand tilde in dap executable path (PR #162635)

[Ebuka Ezike via lldb-commits]

https://github.com/da-viper created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/162635

Users may have multiple devices and would like to resolve the homepath based on the machine they are on.

>From c62a3532785cc0b5a72475a965ba4a99404432ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ebuka Ezike <yerimyah1 at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 12:04:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [lldb-dap] expand tilde in dap executable path

Users may have multiple devices and would like to resolve the homepath based on the machine they are on.
---
 .../lldb-dap/src-ts/debug-adapter-factory.ts     | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-dap/src-ts/debug-adapter-factory.ts b/lldb/tools/lldb-dap/src-ts/debug-adapter-factory.ts
index 7060638a94864..c34f8866fb2e3 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-dap/src-ts/debug-adapter-factory.ts
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-dap/src-ts/debug-adapter-factory.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as util from "util";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
@@ -9,6 +10,16 @@ import { LogFilePathProvider, LogType } from "./logging";
 
 const exec = util.promisify(child_process.execFile);
 
+/**
+ * Expands the character `~` to the user's home directory
+ */
+function expandUser(file_path: string): string {
+  if (file_path.startsWith("~")) {
+    return os.homedir() + file_path.slice(1);
+  }
+  return file_path;
+}
+
 async function isExecutable(path: string): Promise<Boolean> {
   try {
     await fs.access(path, fs.constants.X_OK);
@@ -116,8 +127,9 @@ async function getDAPExecutable(
   configuration: vscode.DebugConfiguration,
 ): Promise<string> {
   // Check if the executable was provided in the launch configuration.
-  const launchConfigPath = configuration["debugAdapterExecutable"];
+  let launchConfigPath = configuration["debugAdapterExecutable"];
   if (typeof launchConfigPath === "string" && launchConfigPath.length !== 0) {
+    launchConfigPath = expandUser(launchConfigPath);
     if (!(await isExecutable(launchConfigPath))) {
       throw new ErrorWithNotification(
         `Debug adapter path "${launchConfigPath}" is not a valid file. The path comes from your launch configuration.`,
@@ -129,7 +141,7 @@ async function getDAPExecutable(
 
   // Check if the executable was provided in the extension's configuration.
   const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("lldb-dap", workspaceFolder);
-  const configPath = config.get<string>("executable-path");
+  const configPath = expandUser(config.get<string>("executable-path") ?? "");
   if (configPath && configPath.length !== 0) {
     if (!(await isExecutable(configPath))) {
       throw new ErrorWithNotification(