Introduced platformPlugins property in gradle.properties for configuring dependencies to bundled/external plugins

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
           path: ~/.gradle/caches
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-caches-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-caches-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'gradle.properties') }}
 
       # Cache Gradle Wrapper
       - name: Setup Gradle Wrapper Cache
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
           path: ~/.gradle/caches
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-caches-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-caches-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'gradle.properties') }}
 
       # Cache Gradle Wrapper
       - name: Setup Gradle Wrapper Cache

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # IntelliJ Platform Plugin Template Changelog
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Introduced `platformPlugins` property in `gradle.properties` for configuring dependencies to bundled/external plugins
+
 ### Changed
 - Disable "Release Draft" job for pull requests in the "Build" GitHub Actions Workflow
 - Dependencies - upgrade `org.jetbrains.intellij` to 0.5.0

README.md

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The most significant parts of the current configuration are:
 The project-specific configuration file [gradle.properties][file:gradle.properties] contains:
 
 | Property name             | Description                                                                                               |
-| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `pluginGroup`             | Package name - after *using* the template, this will be set to `com.github.username.repo`.                |
 | `pluginName`              | Plugin name displayed in the Marketplace and the Plugins Repository.                                      |
 | `pluginVersion`           | The current version of the plugin.                                                                        |
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ The project-specific configuration file [gradle.properties][file:gradle.properti
 | `platformType`            | The type of IDE distribution.                                                                             |
 | `platformVersion`         | The version of the IntelliJ Platform IDE that will be used to build the plugin.                           |
 | `platformDownloadSources` | IDE sources downloaded while initializing the Gradle build.                                               |
+| `platformPlugins`         | Comma-separated list of dependencies to the bundled IDE plugins and plugins from the Plugin Repositories. |
 
 The properties listed define the plugin itself or configure the [gradle-intellij-plugin][gh:gradle-intellij-plugin] – check its documentation for more details.
 

build.gradle.kts

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ val pluginUntilBuild: String by project
 
 val platformType: String by project
 val platformVersion: String by project
+val platformPlugins: String by project
 val platformDownloadSources: String by project
 
 group = pluginGroup
@@ -52,10 +53,8 @@ intellij {
     downloadSources = platformDownloadSources.toBoolean()
     updateSinceUntilBuild = true
 
-//  Plugin Dependencies:
-//  https://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/basics/plugin_structure/plugin_dependencies.html
-//
-//  setPlugins("java")
+    // Plugin Dependencies. Uses `platformPlugins` property from the gradle.properties file.
+    setPlugins(*platformPlugins.split(',').map(String::trim).filter(String::isNotEmpty).toTypedArray())
 }
 
 // Configure detekt plugin.

gradle.properties

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ pluginUntilBuild = 202.*
 platformType = IC
 platformVersion = 2019.3
 platformDownloadSources = true
+# Plugin Dependencies -> https://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/basics/plugin_structure/plugin_dependencies.html
+# Example: platformPlugins = com.intellij.java,com.jetbrains.php:203.4449.22
+platformPlugins =
 
 # Opt-out flag for bundling Kotlin standard library.
 # See https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/using-gradle.html#dependency-on-the-standard-library for details.