Git ignore .idea directory
steelbrain opened this issue · comments
.idea is a user-specific configuration directory by IntelliJ IDEs and should not be included in git repos
duplicate of #19
Thanks for pointing it out but I searched for open/closed issues before opening and couldn't find any :)
Are you open to a discussion about this?
Because in my opinion, including .idea directory in your project is not the best idea ever. IDE plugins and even the IDE itself in some cases, store secret tokens or private data in .idea they'll be published when you do git add .
sure, i'm always open for discussion 😄
there's no private data in there, just a lotta xml on custom rules that are set up (eg ignore certain things that it thinks are HTML errors but are totally legit in JSX, or flag universal as a resource root, etc).
In my mind, it's exactly the same as a dotfile & saying it doesn't belong is like saying you shouldn't include your .github. Will you ever use the .github folder when you clone the repo? Heck no! But there's actually a chance you'll use this, so it's actually more useful.
Additionally, when someone troubleshoots a problem & they say "screw it, i'll do a fresh clone" they shouldn't have to blow an hour to re-setup their entire webstorm project config.
TL;DR: you're gonna delete the .github folder anyways. Just delete this one, too.
Please have a look at the official doc discussing this