From c2234375cbf459829befcdfb51e8ccf3a59907ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Vieira Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:04:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add some more details on project SDK setup --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 91062bfc7c2f9..c072b7b3649ad 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ You can access Elasticsearch with: ### Importing the project into IntelliJ IDEA +Elasticsearch builds using Java 13. Before importing into IntelliJ you will need +to define an appropriate SDK. The convention is that **this SDK should be named +"13"** so that the project import will detect it automatically. For more details +on defining an SDK in IntelliJ please refer to [their documentation](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/sdk.html#define-sdk). + You can import the Elasticsearch project into IntelliJ IDEA via: - Select **File > Open**