如何将IntelliJ IDEA项目链接到本地​​git存储库？

Question

I'm new to IntelliJ and trying to switch from Eclipse to IntelliJ.

In Eclipse it's done by creating a workspace and then importing the local repository. The workspace is separate from the repository. The workspace only reference the repository.

I want to do this in IntelliJ. I think the setup would be something like the project located in eg C:\\Projects\\MyProgram\\ with MyProgram having .idea in it. The actual code for MyProgram would be in eg C:\\Repos\\MyProgram.git . The repository would only contain code, not config files for the IntelliJ project. Alternatively I'd like to know how this is typcially done with IntelliJ.

Answer 1

Typically this is done ¹ as follows:

1. git clone your repo (if you don't already have it locally).
2. In Intellij, open or import the root repo folder as a project.
3. Add .idea/ (or *.iml as appropriate) to your .gitignore file.

I'm not sure if there's a good reason for trying to keep the IntelliJ files in a different part of your filesystem. ² Some of the advice out there regarding Eclipse concerns the semantics of workspaces, which don't exist in IntelliJ.

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_{1. To be more precise, this is how I typically do it :)}

_{2. Although I'm happy to be convinced otherwise!}

Answer 2

You can specify a different content root in the "More Settings" while creating a project. This location is the one where you have your repository.