bug: It's not possible to add environment variable to the idea plugin JBang configuration

[philippart-s]

Describe the bug
If I use environment variable for my dependencies, it works with JBang in a terminal or in an IDEA run configuration by settings environnement variables in the terminal or the run configuration.
But the dependencies synchronisation is broken and the completion and compilation in IDEA are broken too.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. add a dependency using environnement variable, for exemple //DEPS dev.langchain4j:langchain4j:${env.LANGCHAIN4J_VERSION}
2. Synchronise the JBang dependencies with Syncs JBang DEPS to module
3. Display the empty JBang in IDEA
4. Try to compile / use the code completion

Expected behavior
If I add a dependency with an environment variable I expect that works also in my IDE and I expect to have one place to configure the used environnement variables.

JBang version
jbang version --verbose
[jbang] [0:148] jbang version 0.132.0
Cache: /Users/sphilipp/.jbang/cache
Config: /Users/sphilipp/.jbang
Repository: /Users/sphilipp/.m2/repository
Java: /Users/sphilipp/.sdkman/candidates/java/24.0.1-tem [24.0.1]
OS: mac
Arch: aarch64
Shell: bash
0.132.0

[maxandersen]

you are saying this does not work if you set it in environment (i.e. terminal) and then run idea?

[philippart-s]

Sorry if my previous explanations were not clear enough. It works if I set the environment variables in a shell and then launch IntelliJ from that shell.

However, for me, that’s not a common workflow. I usually start my IDE using a shortcut from the menu (Windows, macOS, or Linux) and then open my source files.

In that case, the environment variables are not detected (which is expected), and I was wondering if, similar to the Run configuration options in IntelliJ, it could be useful to have the possibility to set environment variables in the JBang panel.

I hope this is clearer now.