Silent hang of plugin when task.md is not found

[niyaznigmatullin]

If the IDE and/or plugin doesn't find task.md file it:

• doesn't show any contents of the course;
• doesn't show any error;
• File menu is not opening.

Just for the information: idea.log contained an exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: No task description file for.

[igalimov]

Hi @niyaznigmatullin, I've filed a new feature request in our tracker for this: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/EDU-5261/.
I would also advise adding this issue to your watch list to be 100% sure that you won't miss any updates.

[evgraph]

Hi @niyaznigmatullin , I'm a developer of EduTools plugin. I'd like to ask you about your scenarios where this error occurs. Can you please share it? I'd like to better understand your workflow to create a fix that suits it better

[niyaznigmatullin]

Hi!

In our case this happened when I forgot to add it to git and my collaborator pulled the changes and couldn't do anything in the IDE.

[evgraph]

@niyaznigmatullin got it, thank you!