Intellij Idea - Attach to existing VCS

Question

I have a project on Github that I pulled down to my new computer and opened the project in Intellij Idea and on my other computer I set up the project with Github through Intellij so it is already set up to commit and push changes to my repository. But with my computer I am not sure who to attach Idea to the existing Git repository without screwing anything up. I couldn't find the process online but its possible I just missed it. Thanks.

Answer 1

When you open the project in IntelliJ, it will detect the .git folder inside and offer you to "attach" to it.

Or, you can open your settings, enter the search string "version control". Select the Version Control menu, and on the right side you'll see a pane titled Directory , where normally you'd see a list of directories mapped to a VCS. At the bottom of this pane there is a + button, click on it to add a directory.

I've always done it the first way though. IntelliJ usually adds the directory automatically, or offers you to add it in a small pop-up box in the top-right corner.