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+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "command": "${workspaceRoot}/mach",
+    "isShellCommand": true,
+    "args": ["--log-no-times"],
+    "showOutput": "always",
+    "echoCommand": true,
+    "suppressTaskName": true,
+    "tasks": [
+      {
+        "taskName": "configure",
+        "isWatching": false,
+        "args": ["configure"]
+      },
+      {
+        "taskName": "build",
+        "isWatching": false,
+        "args": ["build"],
+        "problemMatcher": {
+          "owner": "cpp",
+          "fileLocation": "absolute",
+          "pattern": {
+            "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
+            "file": 1,
+            "line": 2,
+            "column": 3,
+            "severity": 4,
+            "message": 5
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "taskName": "build binaries",
+        "showOutput": "always",
+        "isBuildCommand": true,
+        "isWatching": false,
+        "args": ["build", "binaries"],
+        "problemMatcher": {
+          "owner": "cpp",
+          "fileLocation": "absolute",
+          "pattern": {
+            "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
+            "file": 1,
+            "line": 2,
+            "column": 3,
+            "severity": 4,
+            "message": 5
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "taskName": "clobber",
+        "isWatching": false,
+        "args": ["clobber"]
+      }
+    ]
+}