Does existence of $HOME/.gdbinit interfere with debugging via VSCode cpptools extension?

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Once a debug executable is created, at times I want to debug it from the command line using gdb directly instead of via VSCode. To enable this command line debugging, as suggested over at https://developers.redhat.com/articles/the-gdb-developers-gnu-debugger-tutorial-part-1-getting-started-with-the-debugger

I have a $HOME/.gdbinit file with settings/other gdb startup commands.

When debugging via VSCode cpptools extension (as opposed to directly via the command line gdb), is $HOME/.gdbinit file read? If yes, is there a way to disable that?