Co-debugging doesn't work for configs defined in settings.json

[smilence-yu]

Describe what happened: Debug configurations defined in settings.json on host won't work with co-debugging. The guest will fail to attach the debugging session.

What was your system configuration?

Host: Product and Version [VS/VSCode]: VSCode 1.43.2 OS Version[macOS/Windows]: Windows 10 Pro Live Share Extension Version: 1.0.1891 Target Platform or Language [e.g. Node.js]: Node.js

Guest: Product and Version [VS/VSCode]: VSCode 1.43.2 OS Version[macOS/Windows]: macOS Catalina Live Share Extension Version: 1.0.1891 Target Platform or Language [e.g. Node.js]: Node.js

Steps to Reproduce / Scenario:

1. Configure "launch" in host's settings.json ( blank launch.json in project )

2. Able to debug javascript on host

3. Start live share session as host on Windows

4. Join the same session as guest on Mac

5. Run debugger on host with the config in settings.json, see local variables etc, and control panel

6. No debugger session on Mac guest, can only see breakpoint

7. Copy the same config from settings.json to launch.json in project

8. Run debugger on host with the config in launch.json

9. Debugger session is attached perfectly on Mac

[dlebu]

Thanks for reaching out. Assigning @jramsay to take a look, we appreciate the details.

[derekbekoe]

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