Make plugin build manual-only with dynamic versioning

[Copilot]

Plugin was building automatically on releases with hardcoded version. Need manual control over builds with version matching release tags and standardized artifact naming.

Changes

Workflow (.github/workflows/build-plugin.yml)

• Changed trigger from release events to workflow_dispatch with required version input
• Pass version to Gradle via -Pversion flag
• Artifact name: intellij-plugin-{version}

Build (build.gradle.kts)

• Dynamic version: project.findProperty("version") as String? ?: "0.2.0"
• Archive base name: archiveBaseName.set("intellij-plugin")
• Inject version into plugin.xml: patchPluginXml { version.set(project.version.toString()) }

Plugin metadata (plugin.xml)

• Removed hardcoded <version> tag (now injected at build time)

Usage

# GitHub Actions: Run workflow → enter version → get intellij-plugin-{version}.zip
# Local: 
./gradlew buildPlugin -Pversion=0.2.1

Output: intellij-plugin-0.2.1.zip

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• cache-redirector.jetbrains.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx3g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp /home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-9.2.0-bin/11i5gvueggl8a5cioxuftxrik/gradle-9.2.0/lib/gradle-daemon-main-9.2.0.jar -javaagent:/home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-9.2.0-bin/11i5gvueggl8a5cioxuftxrik/gradle-9.2.0/lib/agents/gradle-instrumentation-agent-9.2.0.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 9.2.0 (dns block)
• download.jetbrains.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx3g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp /home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-9.2.0-bin/11i5gvueggl8a5cioxuftxrik/gradle-9.2.0/lib/gradle-daemon-main-9.2.0.jar -javaagent:/home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-9.2.0-bin/11i5gvueggl8a5cioxuftxrik/gradle-9.2.0/lib/agents/gradle-instrumentation-agent-9.2.0.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 9.2.0 (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

Original prompt

I don't want that the plugin is built at every new tag, also the artifacts needs to be the same version of the tag of the release.
the zip file needs to be intellij-plugin-(version)

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