should we gitignore these files?

[chanjeff2]

I found the below commented code in .gitignore, which the file pattern matched with the files generated by IntelliJ IDEA

# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
# auto-import.
# .idea/artifacts
# .idea/compiler.xml
# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
# .idea/modules.xml
# .idea/*.iml
# .idea/modules
# *.iml
# *.ipr

IntelliJ IDEA also generates a misc.xml file, should I also gitignore it?

[henryhchchc]

You can put the files generated by IntelliJ IDEA in .gitignore if you want to. We will not grade your assignment using IntelliJ IDEA.