IntelliJ Idea Plugin by trivago

Caution

This repository has been archived as of June 2026.
If you wish to update or extend this project, please create a fork.

Internal plugin, quick and dirty implementation.

Features:

• Autogenerated classes to protobuf navigation. For example, by clicking on // source: foo/bar.proto the IDE will open the protobuf file.

Installation

1. Add the URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trivago/intellij-idea-plugin/master/updatePlugins.xml to the custom plugin repositories settings
2. Search for the plugin "trivago" and install it

Development

Requirements

• IntelliJ Idea

Run the local plugin

This will start a new session of IDE with loaded the local plugin.

1. Clone the project and import it in IntelliJ Idea
2. Run select intellij -> runIde from the IDE's gradle window or run gradle runIde.

Release

1. Increase the version in src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml and build.gradle.kts
2. Commit and push
3. Run select intellij -> jar or run gradle jar. It will create a jar file in build/libs/intellij-idea-plugin-x.x.x.jar. E.g. build/libs/intellij-idea-plugin-0.1.0.jar.
4. On github create a new release and attach the built jar by uploading it through the form.
5. Increase the version and adjust the URL accordingly in updatePlugins.xml
6. Commit and push

The IDE will automatically be notified of the newly available version.