From 9074bbff083934ab80556372e01f9075817750be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janis Hutz <development@janishutz.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:15:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [DAP] Add option to launch gdb with args to the binary

---
 nvim/lua/plugins/testing/debuggers/gdb.lua | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/testing/debuggers/gdb.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/testing/debuggers/gdb.lua
index 3e38c9b..afb410c 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/testing/debuggers/gdb.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugins/testing/debuggers/gdb.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,29 @@ dap.configurations.c = {
         cwd = "${workspaceFolder}",
         stopAtBeginningOfMainSubprogram = false,
     },
+    {
+        name = "Launch (with args)",
+        type = "gdb",
+        request = "launch",
+        program = function()
+            return vim.fn.input("Path to executable: ", vim.fn.getcwd() .. "/", "file")
+        end,
+        args = function()
+            local arguments = vim.fn.input("Arguments: ")
+            if string.len(arguments) < 1 then
+                return {}
+            end
+            local table = { "--args" }
+            local index = 1
+            for arg in string.gmatch(arguments, "[^%s]+") do
+                table[index] = arg
+                index = index + 1
+            end
+            return table
+        end,
+        cwd = "${workspaceFolder}",
+        stopAtBeginningOfMainSubprogram = false,
+    },
     {
         name = "Select and attach to process",
         type = "gdb",