nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains

This directory contains the build expressions needed to build any of the jetbrains IDEs. The jdk is in pkgs/development/compilers/jetbrains-jdk. To test the build process of every IDE (as well as the process for adding plugins), build jetbrains.plugins.tests.default.

How to use plugins:

• Get the ide you want and call jetbrains.plugins.addPlugins with a list of plugins you want to add.
• The list of plugins can be a list of ids or names (as in plugins/plugins.json)
• Example: jetbrains.plugins.addPlugins jetbrains.pycharm-professional [ "nixidea" ]
• The list can also contain a drv giving a .jar or .zip (this is how you use a plugin not added to nixpkgs)

How to add a new plugin to nixpkgs

• Find the page for the plugin on https://plugins.jetbrains.com
• Find the id (it's the number after https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/)
• Run plugins/update_plugins.py add (plugin id)
• If binaries need patch or some other special treatment, add an entry to plugins/specialPlugins.nix

How to update stuff:

• Run ./bin/update_bin.py
• This will update binary IDEs and plugins, and automatically commit them
• Source builds need a bit more effort, as they aren't automated at the moment:
  • Find the build of the stable release you want to target (usually different for pycharm and idea, should have three components)
  • I find this at https://jetbrains.com/updates/updates.xml (search for product name=", then fullNumber)
  • Update the buildVer field in source/default.nix
  • Empty the ideaHash, androidHash, jpsHash and restarterHash (only ideaHash and restarterHash changes on a regular basis) fields and try to build to get the new hashes
  • Run nix build .#jetbrains.(idea/pycharm)-community-src.src.src, then ./source/build_maven.py source/idea_maven_artefacts.json result/
  • Update source/brokenPlugins.json (from https://plugins.jetbrains.com/files/brokenPlugins.json)
  • Do a test build
  • If it succeeds, make a PR/merge
  • If it fails, ping/message GenericNerdyUsername

How to add an IDE:

• Make dummy entries in bin/versions.json (make sure to set the version to something older than the real one)
• Run bin/update_bin.py
• Add an entry in bin/ides.json
• Add an entry in default.nix

TODO:

• move/copy plugin docs to nixpkgs manual
• replace libxcrypt-legacy with libxcrypt when supported
• make jetbrains-remote-dev.patch cleaner
• is extraLdPath needed for IDEA?
• set meta.sourceProvenance for everything
• from source builds:
  • remove timestamps in output .jar of jps-bootstrap
  • automated update scripts
  • fetch .jar s from stuff built in nixpkgs when available
    • what stuff built in nixpkgs provides .jars we care about?
      • kotlin
  • make configurePhase respect $NIX_BUILD_CORES
  • make the subdir of the resulting tar.gz always have a release number (2023.2.2) instead of a build number (232.9921.89)
• jdk:
  • build on darwin
  • use chromium stuff built by nixpkgs for jcef?
  • make buildPhase respect $NIX_BUILD_CORES
  • automated update script?
• on aarch64-linux:
  • test plugins
  • from source build
  • see if build (binary or source) works without expat
• on x86_64-darwin:
  • test plugins
  • from source build
• on aarch64-darwin:
  • test plugins
  • from source build