tasks.json5

{
  // Note!
  // You can set the value used for ${config:chrome.outputDir} in your settings.json
  // file with a line like:
  // "chrome.outputDir": "/path/to/chromium/src/out/Debug",
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "runner": "terminal",
  // The default problem matcher matches build output, which is useful for most tasks.
  "problemMatcher": [
    {
      "owner": "cpp",
      "fileLocation": ["relative", "${config:chrome.outputDir}"],
      "pattern": {
        "regexp": "^(gen/.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|\\w*\\s?error):\\s+(.*)$",
        "file": 1, "line": 2, "column": 3, "severity": 4, "message": 5
      }
    },
    {
      "owner": "cpp",
      "fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceRoot}"],
      "pattern": {
        "regexp": "^../../(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|\\w*\\s?error):\\s+(.*)$",
        "file": 1, "line": 2, "column": 3, "severity": 4, "message": 5
      }
    },
    {
      "owner": "cpp",
      "fileLocation": ["relative", "${config:chrome.outputDir}"],
      "pattern": {
        "regexp": "^(gen/.*?):(.*):\\s+(warning|\\w*\\s?error):\\s+(.*)$",
        "file": 1, "severity": 3, "message": 4
      }
    },
    {
      "owner": "cpp",
      "fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceRoot}"],
      "pattern": {
        "regexp": "^../../(.*?):(.*):\\s+(warning|\\w*\\s?error):\\s+(.*)$",
        "file": 1, "severity": 3, "message": 4
      }
    }
  ],
  "options": {
    // It's important to set the CWD to the output directory so that file paths
    // are linked correctly in the terminal output.
    "cwd": "${config:chrome.outputDir}"
  },

  "inputs": [
    {
      // See 'Set Chrome Output Directory'.
      "type": "pickString",
      "id": "chromeOutputDir",
      "description": "Chrome output directory:",
      // Configure this to point to all the output directories you use.
      "options": [
        "/path/to/chromium/src/out/pc",
        "/path/to/chromium/src/out/Debug",
        "/path/to/chromium/src/out/Debug_x86"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tasks": [
    // Set the Chrome output directory to be used in future task runs.
    // This uses a symbolic link to remember the current output directory.
    // If you want to use this, make sure chrome.outputDir is configured to
    // point to the link created at ${workspaceFolder}/out/current_link.

    // Alternatively:
    // * If you want to be prompted for the output directory each
    //   time you run a command, replace
    //     ${config:chrome.outputDir}
    //   with
    //     ${input:chromeOutputDir}
    //   everywhere in this file.
    //
    // * If you want to have different tasks for different output directories,
    //   just create duplicate tasks and hard-code the output directory used.

    {
      "label": "0-set_chrome_output_directory",
      "command": "rm -f ${workspaceFolder}/out/current_link; ln -s ${input:chromeOutputDir} ${workspaceFolder}/out/current_link",
      "type": "shell",
      // The default problem matcher doesn't make sense here, so remove it.
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "options": {
        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
      }
    },
    // Some general-purpose build and test tasks. These all inherit the
    // problemMatcher at the top of the file.
    {
      "label": "1-build_chrome",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "autoninja -C ${config:chrome.outputDir} chrome",
      "group": "test"
    },
    {
      "label": "2-build_all",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "autoninja -C ${config:chrome.outputDir}"
    },
    {
      "label": "3-test_current_file",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "${workspaceFolder}/tools/autotest.py -C ${config:chrome.outputDir} --run_all ${file}"
    },
    {
      "label": "4-test_current_directory",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "${workspaceFolder}/tools/autotest.py -C ${config:chrome.outputDir} --run_all ${fileDirname}"
    },
    {
      "label": "5-build_current_file",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "compile_single_file --build-dir=${config:chrome.outputDir} --file-path=${file}"
    },
    // Some more specific build tasks, which hard-code the output directory.
    {
      "label": "6-build_chrome_debug",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "autoninja -C ${workspaceFolder}/out/Debug chrome"
    },
    {
      "label": "7-build_chrome_release",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "autoninja -C ${workspaceFolder}/out/Release chrome"
    },
    {
      "label": "8-build_test_debug",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "autoninja -C ${workspaceFolder}/out/Debug unit_tests components_unittests browser_tests"
    }
  ]
}