How to inspect variables in a FAKE script?

Question

I have a bug in my FAKE script in obscure code were I interface with legacy build infrastructure. I have a bug there and I wanted to debug my script in Visual Studio. I used --break flag to attach Visual Studio 2013 debugger and I could set up a break point. But I cannot inspect any of variables of a FAKE script.

Is there a way to use Visual Studio 2013 debugger to inspect state of FAKE script? There seems to no problems with regular F# programs.

Answer 1

Have you tried using the REPL to invoke your build script a bit at a time?

An example of using VS Code + the ionide plugin to use the FSI interactive Repl

You should be able to highlight and run parts of your script in the REPL.