cschar · cschar · Aug 10, 2025
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -26,51 +26,34 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
 
-  # Prepare environment and build the plugin
+  # Prepare the environment and build the plugin
   build:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      version: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.version }}
-      changelog: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.changelog }}
-      pluginVerifierHomeDir: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.pluginVerifierHomeDir }}
     steps:
 
+      # Free GitHub Actions Environment Disk Space
+      - name: Maximize Build Space
+        uses: jlumbroso/[email protected]
+        with:
+          tool-cache: false
+          large-packages: false
+
       # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Validate wrapper
-      - name: Gradle Wrapper Validation
-        uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
-
-      # Set up Java environment for the next steps
+      # Set up the Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 21
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
-      # Set environment variables
-      - name: Export Properties
-        id: properties
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          PROPERTIES="$(./gradlew properties --console=plain -q)"
-          VERSION="$(echo "$PROPERTIES" | grep "^version:" | cut -f2- -d ' ')"
-          CHANGELOG="$(./gradlew getChangelog --unreleased --no-header --console=plain -q)"
-
-          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "pluginVerifierHomeDir=~/.pluginVerifier" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-          echo "changelog<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
       # Build plugin
       - name: Build plugin
         run: ./gradlew buildPlugin
@@ -86,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "filename=${FILENAME:0:-4}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      # Store already-built plugin as an artifact for downloading
+      # Store an already-built plugin as an artifact for downloading
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -100,25 +83,32 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
+      # Free GitHub Actions Environment Disk Space
+      - name: Maximize Build Space
+        uses: jlumbroso/[email protected]
+        with:
+          tool-cache: false
+          large-packages: false
+
       # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Set up Java environment for the next steps
+      # Set up the Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 21
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        with:
+          cache-read-only: true
 
       # Run tests
       - name: Run Tests
-        env:
-          POWERMODE_ZERANTHIUM_TESTS: true
         run: ./gradlew check
 
       # Collect Tests Result of failed tests
@@ -131,11 +121,12 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the Kover report to CodeCov
       - name: Upload Code Coverage Report
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
           files: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/reports/kover/report.xml
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
-  # Run Qodana inspections and provide report
+  # Run Qodana inspections and provide a report
   inspectCode:
     name: Inspect code
     needs: [ build ]
@@ -148,25 +139,28 @@ jobs:
 
       # Free GitHub Actions Environment Disk Space
       - name: Maximize Build Space
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
         with:
           tool-cache: false
           large-packages: false
 
       # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}  # to check out the actual pull request commit, not the merge commit
+          fetch-depth: 0  # a full history is required for pull request analysis
 
-      # Set up Java environment for the next steps
+      # Set up the Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 21
 
       # Run Qodana inspections
       - name: Qodana - Code Inspection
-        uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2024.1.5
+        uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2025.1.1
         with:
           cache-default-branch-only: true
 
@@ -179,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Free GitHub Actions Environment Disk Space
       - name: Maximize Build Space
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
         with:
           tool-cache: false
           large-packages: false
@@ -188,28 +182,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Set up Java environment for the next steps
+      # Set up the Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 21
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
-
-
-      # Cache Plugin Verifier IDEs
-      - name: Setup Plugin Verifier IDEs Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
-          path: ${{ needs.build.outputs.pluginVerifierHomeDir }}/ides
-          key: plugin-verifier-${{ hashFiles('build/listProductsReleases.txt') }}
+          cache-read-only: true
 
       # Run Verify Plugin task and IntelliJ Plugin Verifier tool
       - name: Run Plugin Verification tasks
-        run: ./gradlew verifyPlugin -Dplugin.verifier.home.dir=${{ needs.build.outputs.pluginVerifierHomeDir }}
+        run: ./gradlew verifyPlugin
 
       # Collect Plugin Verifier Result
       - name: Collect Plugin Verifier Result
@@ -220,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/reports/pluginVerifier
 
   # Prepare a draft release for GitHub Releases page for the manual verification
-  # If accepted and published, release workflow would be triggered
+  # If accepted and published, the release workflow would be triggered
   releaseDraft:
     name: Release draft
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
@@ -248,10 +236,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          gh release create "v${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}" \
+          VERSION=$(./gradlew properties --property version --quiet --console=plain | tail -n 1 | cut -f2- -d ' ')
+          RELEASE_NOTE="./build/tmp/release_note.txt"
+          ./gradlew getChangelog --unreleased --no-header --quiet --console=plain --output-file=$RELEASE_NOTE
+
+          gh release create $VERSION \
             --draft \
-            --title "v${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}" \
-            --notes "$(cat << 'EOM'
-          ${{ needs.build.outputs.changelog }}
-          EOM
-          )"
+            --title $VERSION \
+            --notes-file $RELEASE_NOTE
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # GitHub Actions Workflow created for handling the release process based on the draft release prepared with the Build workflow.
-# Running the publishPlugin task requires all following secrets to be provided: PUBLISH_TOKEN, PRIVATE_KEY, PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD, CERTIFICATE_CHAIN.
+# Running the publishPlugin task requires all the following secrets to be provided: PUBLISH_TOKEN, PRIVATE_KEY, PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD, CERTIFICATE_CHAIN.
 # See https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/plugin-signing.html for more information.
 
 name: Release
@@ -18,57 +18,54 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Free GitHub Actions Environment Disk Space
+      - name: Maximize Build Space
+        uses: jlumbroso/[email protected]
+        with:
+          tool-cache: false
+          large-packages: false
+
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
-      # Set up Java environment for the next steps
+      # Set up the Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 21
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
+          cache-read-only: true
 
-      # Set environment variables
-      - name: Export Properties
-        id: properties
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          CHANGELOG="$(cat << 'EOM' | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*$//g' -e '/./,$!d'
-          ${{ github.event.release.body }}
-          EOM
-          )"
-
-          echo "changelog<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      # Update Unreleased section with the current release note
+      # Update the Unreleased section with the current release note
       - name: Patch Changelog
-        if: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.changelog != '' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.release.body != '' }}
         env:
-          CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.changelog }}
+          CHANGELOG: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
         run: |
-          ./gradlew patchChangelog --release-note="$CHANGELOG"
+          RELEASE_NOTE="./build/tmp/release_note.txt"
+          mkdir -p "$(dirname "$RELEASE_NOTE")"
+          echo "$CHANGELOG" > $RELEASE_NOTE
+
+          ./gradlew patchChangelog --release-note-file=$RELEASE_NOTE
 
       # Publish the plugin to JetBrains Marketplace
       - name: Publish Plugin
         env:
           PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
-#          CERTIFICATE_CHAIN: ${{ secrets.CERTIFICATE_CHAIN }}
-#          PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
-#          PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+          CERTIFICATE_CHAIN: ${{ secrets.CERTIFICATE_CHAIN }}
+          PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
         run: ./gradlew publishPlugin
 
-      # Upload artifact as a release asset
+      # Upload an artifact as a release asset
       - name: Upload Release Asset
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-ui-tests.yml
@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Set up Java environment for the next steps
+      # Set up the Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 21
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
+          cache-read-only: true
 
       # Run IDEA prepared for UI testing
       - name: Run IDE

diff --git a/README_dev_notes.md b/README_dev_notes.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
                   pluginUntilBuild = 241.*
 
         - 1.1.3  update pluginVerifierIdeVersions
+        - 1.1.4 update plugin versions in `libs.versions.toml`
+                see https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-platform-plugin-template/blob/main/gradle/libs.versions.toml
 
 
  2. Update change notes plugin in build.gradle
@@ -27,10 +29,18 @@
         export POWERMODE_ZERANTHIUM_TESTS="true"
         ./gradlew :test --info
 
- 6. publish  
+ 6. publish directly from cli (optional)
          # ensure you have PUBLISH_TOKEN set as env var
         ./gradlew :publishPlugin --no-configuration-cache --info
 
+ 7. push feature branch to github, will trigger build pipeline
+
+ 8. merge feature branch, will trigger build pipeline on MAIN branch...
+    - by triggering on MAIN branch, will create an unpublished draft release object
+
+ 9. publish release from github
+    - will trigger the 'release.yml' action, which will publish the plugin to the marketplace
+
 ```