Ability to pass custom target to "CMake: Build Target" command (aka cmake.buildWithTarget) as argument

[i-ky]

Brief Issue Summary

I would like to configure a task which would depend on building a specific target. It is possible to call a command from a task using "inputs", tasks.json would look something like this:

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "Build Target",
      "command": "echo ${input:buildTarget}",
      "type": "shell",
      "problemMatcher": []
    }
  ],
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "buildTarget",
      "type": "command",
      "command": "cmake.buildWithTarget",
      "args": "targetName"
    }
  ]
}

Unfortunately, cmake.buildWithTarget does not support receiving target as argument, instead it unconditionally prompts user for target selection:

vscode-cmake-tools/src/cmakeProject.ts

Lines 2066 to 2067 in 2878725

	async buildWithTarget(): Promise<number> {
	const target = await this.showTargetSelector();

This is not acceptable in my use case, because there is a specific target I want to build and I don't want to bother workspace users with target selection (which would be non-user-friendly and error-prone).

Could you please make cmake.buildWithTarget accept target as argument?

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[gcampbell-msft]

@i-ky Thank you for the request / suggestion! I have placed it on the backlog, but if you want this feature quickly, we would certainly welcome an open-source contribution!

Thanks! 😊

[hippo91]

@i-ky i made the #4206 PR. It would be nice if you could test it to confirm it does the job.