We are working on a .NET application and recently started using Git for version control.
Our latest release was tagged in Git, and now i am trying to debug some issue.
Here’s what i did:
- Installed the app (from the release) on my Pc.
- Checked out the tagged release version.
- Started VS and attached to the process.
- Placed breakpoints over some part of the code.
I am getting the message: “Source code is different from original version”, however this is the actual code that was compiled to release this installed version.
What am i doing wrong here?
using VS2008 if that matters.
BTW: What is the mechanism that is used to compare if the binaries are different from source code?
When cloning the repo from Git, for example, it will change all files/folders date to the current date. Is this value (datetime) used to determine source code vs. binary?
The problem was i didnt use (or store) the original symbols for this release.
I previously thought symbols only contained source code line information and were not needed to actually debug the program under VS. apparently i was wrong.
A good resource on symbols for anyone who’s looking into problems with them: http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2009/05/11/pdb-files-what-every-developer-must-know.aspx
This post also contains a few other links to MSDN Magazine with more valuable information.