When you create a project in intelij, the first thing you should do is add the following to the .gitignore file
/.idea/
/target/
*.imi
This will prevent git from getting your project files which can hold your personal user name, where the project is saved, etc.
But also it makes it a nightmare for anyone cloning your git project as the project files for intelij assumes that the project files found are the ones it created .... Which isnt the case.
Its also a nightmare for those who dont use intelij (such as Eclipse, netbeans, bluej, etc) as they dont use these files, but they may have converters to attempt to make it into a project assuming it once again came from the hosts pc.
Ive also put target in there, this is because your using maven, if your using gradle, then it would be /build/
mosemister
commented
3 years ago
When you create a project in intelij, the first thing you should do is add the following to the .gitignore file
This will prevent git from getting your project files which can hold your personal user name, where the project is saved, etc.
But also it makes it a nightmare for anyone cloning your git project as the project files for intelij assumes that the project files found are the ones it created .... Which isnt the case.
Its also a nightmare for those who dont use intelij (such as Eclipse, netbeans, bluej, etc) as they dont use these files, but they may have converters to attempt to make it into a project assuming it once again came from the hosts pc.
Ive also put target in there, this is because your using maven, if your using gradle, then it would be /build/