is there a plan to update kotest’s intellij plugin...

# kotest

[Pratik Tandel]

is there a plan to update kotest’s intellij plugin? https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/14080-kotest

does the plugin primarily only work with gradle and what would it take for it to work with bazel?

[sam]

This is an intellij plugin so it just works with whatever intellij makes available

[Pratik Tandel]

it isn’t working on the newest intellij (intellij can’t install it)

[LeoColman]

Really? I'm using it on the newest IntelliJ

[LeoColman]

[Pratik Tandel]

[Pratik Tandel]

i’m using community edition? perhaps that’s why?

[sam]

It works on both. What happens when you press that install button ?

[Pratik Tandel]

the message is truncated and i can’t expand the window but here it is

[Pratik Tandel]

this is on mac if it’s helpful

[Raymond Berg]

Hmm, yeah I have the same issue on Mac. Would love to use the Kotest plugin

[sam]

this is a known issue if you've have a previous version of the plugin

[sam]

uninstall the kotest plugin, restart intellij, and readd it, and it will work

[Raymond Berg]

Interresting. I don't think I had ever installed it before trying (and failing) and I don't see it now either in the Plugin list or on the filesystem. I'm newish to intellij so I had just given up until Pratik posted in here 😄

[sam]

If you haven't installed it before then I dunno, because it definitely works on all current versions, as jetbrains run a compatibility test when you submit the plugin, and each time a new intellij is built

[Raymond Berg]

Oh wait! I think that worked. I found a secret little zip file that snuck into my install! ~/Library/Caches/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2021.1/plugins/kotest-plugin-intellij.zip

[sam]

ok cool

[sam]

once you've nuked it and restarted, you should be able to install again

[Raymond Berg]

Yeah, that worked great. Thank you so much, Sam! I'm elated to have individual tests working!!!

[sam]

yeah it's a pain without it

[Pratik Tandel]

i couldn’t find where that cache is supposed to be

[Pratik Tandel]

nvm

[Pratik Tandel]

hmmm, removing it doesn’t do anything 😞

[Raymond Berg]

Even if you did find this, I will leave my search criteria for the next person
1. Remove kotest from intellij if listed in plugins
2. Shut down intellij
3. Find file find ~ -name 'kotest-plugin-intellij.zip'
4. Remove found files
5. Start intellij
6. Install Kotest