Visual Studio Code - Launching GDB in specific directory - json

Question

I just have a quick question:
EDIT: This is run under Ubuntu 20.04 WSL2 using Visual Studio Code.
So I am debugging a kernel for gdb and the symbol files require that GDB is launched in the project directory, but the problem is GDB keep launching in the location of the program:
-exec pwd
Working directory /home/user/project-directory/obj/kern
I need GDB to stay in the project-directory:/home/user/project-directory
In the VSCode launch.json file, I made a workaround by adding a custom launch setup as shown below:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Debug Kernel",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/obj/kern/kernel",
"args": [],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "gdb",
"printCalls": true,
"showDevDebugOutput": true,
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Change back to the workspace folder",
"text": "cd ${workspaceRoot}",
"ignoreFailures": true
},
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
],
// "preLaunchTask": "Launch Qemu (no graphic)",
"miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb",
"miDebuggerArgs": "",
"targetArchitecture": "x86_64",
"customLaunchSetupCommands": [
{
"text": "target remote localhost:1234",
"description": "Connect to QEMU remote debugger"
},
{
"text": "symbol-file obj/kern/kernel",
"description": "Get kernel symbols"
},
// {
// "text": "set architecture i8086",
// "description": "Sets the current architecture"
// }
],
"avoidWindowsConsoleRedirection": true
}
]
}
The ${workspaceFolder} and ${workspaceRoot} are located in the project's directory, but without the setup to change back into the workspace folder, it won't work. Any tips would be appreciated!