gistfile1.txt

// launch.json
{
	"version": "0.2.0",
	"configurations": [
		{
			"name": "example",
			"type": "cppdbg",
			"request": "launch",
			"miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb",
			"targetArchitecture": "x64",
			"program": "${workspaceRoot}/build/example",
			"args": [],
			"stopAtEntry": false,
			"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/build/",
			"environment": [],
			"windows": {
				"miDebuggerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe"
			},
			"linux": {
				"MIMode": "gdb",
				"setupCommands": [
					{ "text": "-enable-pretty-printing", "description": "enable pretty printing", "ignoreFailures": true }
				],
				"launchOptionType": "Local"
			}
		}
	]
}

// task.json
{
	"version": "0.1.0",
	"windows": {
		"command": "C:\\msys64\\usr\\bin\\bash"
	},
	"linux": {
		"command": "/bin/bash"
	},
	"args": ["-lc", "cd \"\"${workspaceRoot}\"\" && waf $0 && $@"],
	"isShellCommand": true,
	"showOutput": "always",
	"options": {
		"env": {
			"LANG": "C.UTF-8",
			"PYTHONUNBUFFERD": "1",
			"MSYSTEM": "MINGW64"
		}
	},
	"tasks": [
		{
			"taskName": "build",
			"isBuildCommand": true,
			"problemMatcher": {
				"owner": "cpp",
				"fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceRoot}/build/"],
				"pattern": {
					"regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error|fatal error):\\s+(.*)$",
					"file": 1,
					"line": 2,
					"column": 3,
					"severity": 4,
					"message": 5
				}
			}
		},
		{
			"taskName": "test",
			"args": ["./build/unittest"],
			"isTestCommand": true,
			"problemMatcher": {
				"owner": "cpp",
				"fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceRoot}/build/"],
				"pattern": {
					"regexp": "^(.*?)[:\\(](\\d+)(:(\\d+))?\\)?:\\s+(warning|error|fatal error):\\s+(.*)$",
					"file": 1,
					"line": 2,
					"column": 4,
					"severity": 5,
					"message": 6
				}
			}
		},
		{
			"taskName": "configure"
		},
		{
			"taskName": "clean"
		}
	]
}