How do I import a plugin DevKit project properly?
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I've been trying all afternoon to import a simple theme plugin project into IntelliJ Idea 2019.1. I created the project on one box, and it runs fine, but I can't seem to import and build it on another box. The module is missing the "Plugin Deployment" tab, and the Build menu is missing the "Prepare Plugin Module". If I create a new module in the project, that new module works, but I can't get the existing one to work. Any ideas?
The project I'm trying to import can be found at https://github.com/stevesaliman/intellij-steve-theme.git
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It looks like you are not sharing .idea project data and the import doesn't use the existing .iml file, instead a new default Java module is created.
You should use the New Project option, choose Empty project template, specify this root directory of this project, when asked to add a module use Import Module option and specify the location of the existing .iml file.
See also https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/206544839. You may consider sharing .idea directory so that you can open the existing project instead of importing it every time.
Wow, that was fast :-)
Thanks for the tip. I don't usually check in IDE files since I don't want my configuration to conflict with someone else's, so I didn't think to do it here. But that does indeed solve my problem.
Thanks!