How to configure "Shorten command line" method for whole project in IntelliJ

When I run tests I get the error "Command line is too long". It works if I set the "Shorten command line" method in the Run/Debug configuration to "JAR manifest" for the specific method or class, but how do I set it for the whole project or is there an IDE global setting for it?

8 Answers

Inside your .idea folder, change workspace.xml file

Add

<property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true" />

to

 <component name="PropertiesComponent">
.
.
. </component>

Example

 <component name="PropertiesComponent"> <property name="project.structure.last.edited" value="Project" /> <property name="project.structure.proportion" value="0.0" /> <property name="project.structure.side.proportion" value="0.0" /> <property name="settings.editor.selected.configurable" value="preferences.pluginManager" /> <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true" /> </component>

If you don't see one, feel free to add it yourself

 <component name="PropertiesComponent"> <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true" /> </component>

5

Intellij 2018.2.5

Run => Edit Configurations => Choose Node on the left hand side => expand Environment => Shorten Command line options => choose Classpath file or JAR manifest

3

You can set up a default way to shorten the command line and use it as a template for further configurations by changing the default JUnit Run/Debug Configuration template. Then all new Run/Debug configuration you create in project will use the same option.

Here is the related blog post about configurable command line shortener option.

6

Thanks to Rajesh Goel in Android Studio:

Run > Edit Configurations...

Select a test (better to select a parent test class) and set a Shorten command line: option to classpath file. Then OK (or Apply, OK).

2

The latest 2020 build doesn't have the shorten command line option by default we need to add that option from the configuration.

Run > Edit Configurations > Select the corresponding run configuration and click on Modify options for adding the shorten command-line configuration to the UI.

Select the shorten command line option

Now choose jar manifest from the shorten command line option

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If you use JDK version from 9+, you should select

Run > Edit Configurations... > Select JUnit template.

Then, select @argfile (Java 9+) as in the image below.

If you don't see the Shorten command line, then just clicking on Modify options menu as below, and select the Shorten command line

Please try it. Good luck friends.

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Add <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true" /> to the .idea/workspace.xml file under the <component name="PropertiesComponent"> tag. That worked for me.

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Follow this steps and select "classpath.file" option from the dropdown list given in shorten command line category.