Is it possible to extract the LocalHistory of a File/Project programatically?

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Hello!

I’m trying to create a plugin that lets a user extract/export the current Local History state of their file/project into some textfile, but I haven’t really figured out a way to do this so far.

It’s my first time working on an IntelliJ-plugin, I’m using the template from (GitHub - JetBrains/intellij-platform-plugin-template: Template repository for creating plugins for IntelliJ Platform).

I went through code of the community version and i see a few classes like LocalHistoryImpl and others that might be of use, but I also only have access to LocalHistory itself, which doesnt really offer a lot of functionality (none to export), so this is another issue im currently facing.

TLDR:

  • Is it possible to extract the Local History programatically?
  • How do I properly get access to the internal Implementation Classes?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

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There is a recent question on the same topic. Does it help?

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Kind of, tho I’m stuck at the same question that OP was stuck on on their post where com.intellij.history.core and com.intellij.history.integration don’t exist when using the IntelliJ template from github.