Should I ignore the .idea folder when using PyCharm with Git?

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Ray picture Ray · Jul 1, 2014 · Viewed 26.5k times · Source

I read about Git integration in PyCharm, and created a Git repository from PyCharm. I did this in PyCharm because I was hoping PyCharm would know whether the .idea folder should be ignored, and if that's the case, it would automatically create a .gitignore file with the line .idea/ in it.

But it didn't, so I assumed that I shouldn't ignore the .idea foler. However, I did a quick search and found someone's example .gitignore file, here, which clearly ignores the .idea folder.

So, my question is, should the .idea folder be ignored or not?

Answer

Topka picture Topka · Jul 2, 2014

Ignoring the whole .idea folder is not necessarily the best idea. There's a number of similar discussions here about this.

But I suggest to check the official FAQ on this matter.

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