how to build a plugin that is compatible to multiple versions of IntelliJ?

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Zhi Zhang
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In the build.gradle file:

intellij {
    version '2017.3.2'
    plugins 'git4idea', 'junit'
}

And the built plugin isn't compatible to IntelliJ 2017.2.2. How to make the plugin work with multiple versions of IntelliJ?

 

Thanks.

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John Hake
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I am not sure about specifying multiple versions with Gradle. It is possible in the plugin.xml file. 

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Victor Saar
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You can patch the plugin.xml with Gradle and modify the range of allowed build numbers:

patchPluginXml {
    sinceBuild '172.*'
}

This will make it compatible with all of IntelliJ's 2017.2 builds.

Ciao, Victor.

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Zhi Zhang
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Many thanks for the answers.

The patchPluginXml worked:

intellij {
    version '2017.3.2'
    plugins 'git4idea', 'junit'
}

patchPluginXml {
    sinceBuild '172'
    untilBuild '181'
}

With this, the built plugin worked with 2017.2.2 as well as 2017.3.2 and 2017.3.4.

Thanks again.

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