Is it good to use one settings repository for multiple JetBrains products

Question

Is it possible to use one settings repository for multiple JetBrains products without the setting and plugins from each IDE overriding each other?

For example:

• Setting1 is the name of the setting repo
• I've connected Setting1 to PhpStorm and WebStorm

Can plugins of PhpStorm affect WebStorm?

I have tried it and the settings seems to be clashing.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, no; if you use one repository for all IDEs, settings would be synchronized cross-IDE, it can provoke conflicts and settings overwriting.

Similar functionality should be implemented in the Settings Sync plugin in the near future, but this feature doesn't use the configurable repository; all settings are stored on JetBrains cloud servers.