Make thirdparty-classpath shareable

[jiri-pejchal]

I'm trying to make the plugin configuration shareable among developers and store it in git:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project version="4">
  <component name="CheckStyle-IDEA">
    <option name="configuration">
      <map>
        <entry key="active-configuration" value="PROJECT_RELATIVE:$PRJ_DIR$/src/etc/checkstyle.xml:czc" />
        <entry key="checkstyle-version" value="8.7" />
        <entry key="copy-libs" value="false" />
        <entry key="location-0" value="BUNDLED:(bundled):Sun Checks" />
        <entry key="location-1" value="BUNDLED:(bundled):Google Checks" />
        <entry key="location-2" value="PROJECT_RELATIVE:$PRJ_DIR$/src/etc/checkstyle.xml:czc" />
        <entry key="property-2.checkstyle.suppressions.file" value="checkstyle-suppressions.xml" />
        <entry key="scan-before-checkin" value="true" />
        <entry key="scanscope" value="JavaOnlyWithTests" />
        <entry key="suppress-errors" value="false" />
        <entry key="thirdparty-classpath" value="C:\Users\username\.m2\repository\com\github\sevntu-checkstyle\sevntu-checks\1.27.0\sevntu-checks-1.27.0.jar" />
      </map>
    </option>
  </component>
</project>

It basically works except the sevntu-checkstyle jar location:

<entry key="thirdparty-classpath" value="C:\Users\username\.m2\repository\com\github\sevntu-checkstyle\sevntu-checks\1.27.0\sevntu-checks-1.27.0.jar" />

Because we are using maven Copy libraries from project directory does not copy libraries.

Is there a way to make the path to the sevntu checkstyle jar shareable among developers?

Maybe support some variables like $HOME:

<entry key="thirdparty-classpath" value="$HOME\.m2\repository\com\github\sevntu-checkstyle\sevntu-checks\1.27.0\sevntu-checks-1.27.0.jar" />

[jshiell]

Thanks for the suggestion. It seems very reasonable - however, it's unlikely to happen at present. In part this is because any path work is very risky given I don't have a Windows machine to test on, and there's a history of bugs resulting from odd differences between Windows FS paths and the relative sanity of everything else.

[jiri-pejchal]

Other possible solution would be the ability to specify the path to sevntu checks jar relative to the project directory - similar to the current implementation of location configuration of checkstyle.xml

I also tried to copy the jar manually to the directory checkstyleidea-libs, but that didn't work either.

[daanschipper]

I'm using something like <entry key="thirdparty-classpath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/checkstyleidea-libs/sevntu-checks-1.27.0.jar" />, not ideal as you have to check in the jar in git but it works.

[maistrovyi]

Hey, this problem is actually very relevant, any ideas/updates? Why we plugin can't fetch third-party checks from plugin dependencies as maven?

[jshiell]

any ideas/updates?

Nope.

Why we plugin can't fetch third-party checks from plugin dependencies as maven?

Because no one has written the feature, and I've no time or intention to do so at present.