Custom build steps in Intellij IDEA project

Question

I have an external tool I need to be executed everytime Intellij runs Make. In eclipse I could easily modify the build steps, but I dunno how to achieve that here.

Any ideas?

I expect that it would deal with my resources using external script without having to run it manually before each test run.

Carree

Answer 1

It's possible via Ant or Maven right now.

For example you can add build.xml to the Ant Build panel in IntelliJ IDEA, create Ant target that will run your command line tool with the <exec> task, right click on this target and set it to run automatically (Execute on | Before Compilation or After Compilation).

Unbelievable

Thanks, I didn't find any other way to do this either. – Carree

Thanks but missing details: cannot create a build.xml from Ant Build panel, how to set up an <exec> task?, etc... A more detailed answer would really be appreciated. – Coachwhip