Hi! Can someone tell me what is `jvm-abi-gen` compiler plugin that <was mentioned in 1.7.20-Beta rel...

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[Gleb Minaev]

Hi! Can someone tell me what is jvm-abi-gen compiler plugin that was mentioned in 1.7.20-Beta release notes? I can not find any documentation on it.

[Dominaezzz]

It generates a text file describing the public api of a library. It's particularly useful for checking for breaking changes in Kotlin/JVM.

[ilya.gorbunov]

@Dominaezzz No, it's not quite that. It generates a jar stripped of all function bodies and other private details. The idea is that if you change only something private in your library, the abi jar remains the same and depending projects that use that jar as a compile-only dependency do not get recompiled.

[Dominaezzz]

Ahhhh

[Gleb Minaev]

Oh, very interesting, thanks. Am I right there is no documentation for the plugin but its sources?