IntelliJ Concepts

External

• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/

Internal

• IntelliJ

Module

Grouping Modules

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/creating-and-managing-modules.html#grouping-modules

.idea Directory

The .idea directory is used by IntelliJ to store project-related configuration metadata, and it is collocated with the project. It lives by default under the project's root. It contains the following file:

User-Specific Settings

workspace.xml

Stores user-specific settings.

User Dictionaries

Maintained in .idea/dictionaries/username.xml.

datasources.xml

In IDEA 13 or earlier, datasources.xml contains user passwords.

libraries

All XML files under .idea/libraries will be generated by the Gradle or the Maven project.

These are some recommendations on what to share and what not to share in a SVC system. The article applies to Git, but the rules are generally valid:

Git and IntelliJ IDEA