IntelliJ IDEA: Pass M2_HOME to the IDE on OS X Yosemite

I had issues in Yosemite with IntelliJ always complaining that it couldn’t see my M2_HOME variable, even though I had it in my .bash_profile.  Turns out that only works in the terminal.

In any case, this worked — I verified it on my Mac, which runs v10.10.5.

1. Save this plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ as custom.startup.plist



Label
my.startup
ProgramArguments

sh
-c
launchctl setenv VARIABLE_NAME1 VARIABLE_VALUE1 | launchctl setenv VARIABLE_NAME2 VARIABLE_VALUE2 | launchctl setenv VARIABLE_NAME3 VARIABLE_VALUE3

RunAtLoad
2. Log out then back in

3. That's it!

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