Question: Compile from source

[GummyDonut]

I know this may not be the right place to ask this. However, I wish to ask, how do you compile knapsack from source? I would like to make a small modification and try to test it. Many of the guides online are out of date : https://www.elastic.co/blog/found-writing-a-plugin and thus I was wondering if you guys could show me, or at least direct me in the correct direction.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Regards

[jprante]

My plugins are developed with Gradle, which is not usual at the moment.

Simple method (without IDE)

• Install Git, Java 8, Gradle
• Check out source from github
• Execute gradle clean pluginZip
• Copy build/distributions/*.zip to Elasticsearch plugin folder & unzip (or use plugin tool)

Complex method (with IDE)

• Install IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition)
• Ensure Java, Git, and Gradle IDE support is installed (this is by default)
• Check out source from Github
• Import into IntelliJ by File > Open
• Open View > Tool windows > Gradle
• Execute task clean
• Execute task pluginZip
• Copy build/distributions/*.zip to Elasticsearch plugin folder & unzip (or use plugin tool)

If you make changes where you think others may like it, pull requests are always welcome!

[GummyDonut]

Thanks I will start this as soon as possible.