cmake.buildDirectory not used

[bradenmcd]

Why might the value for cmake.buildDirectory not be used?

The entirety of my user settings.json is this:

{
    "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
    "cmake.showOptionsMovedNotification": false,
    "cmake.pinnedCommands": [
        "workbench.action.tasks.configureTaskRunner",
        "workbench.action.tasks.runTask"
    ],
    "cmake.buildDirectory": "${userHome}/build/${workspaceRootFolderName}"
}

There is no project-specific settings.json (i.e., no .vscode directory for the project); yet, the cmake command line that VS Code executes looks like this:

[proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -SC:/Users/Braden/OneDrive/Source/Repos/hello-cpp -BC:/Users/Braden/OneDrive/Source/Repos/hello-cpp/out/build/windows-x64-v143-RelWithDebInfo -G Ninja

Why might the cmake.buildDirectory setting not be picked up?

I'm using version 1.19.51 of the CMake Tools.

[gcampbell-msft]

@bradenmcd Without knowing what your project looks like, it's hard to say, but my best guess would be that if you are using CMakePresets.json, then we don't use the cmake.buildDirectory, we use the settings from your CMakePresets.