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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.test
+
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * For proper initialization of idea services those two properties should
+ *   be set in environment of test. You can setup them manually via build
+ *   system of run configurations or just `initIdeaConfiguration` before
+ *   running tests using abilities of core test framework you use
+ */
+fun initIdeaConfiguration() {
+    System.setProperty("idea.home", computeHomeDirectory())
+    System.setProperty("idea.ignore.disabled.plugins", "true")
+}
+
+private fun computeHomeDirectory(): String {
+    val userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir")
+    return File(userDir ?: ".").canonicalPath
+}