idea folder gets into the git repository.
It can be removed from there very simply.
Very often, when creating projects in PhpStorm, at the first commit, people out of habit click “OK” on all IDE questions and the . idea folder gets into the git repository..
The . idea directory contains a set of configuration files (. xml) for your project.
These configuration files contain information core to the project itself, such as names and locations of its component modules, compiler settings, etc..
The .idea folder (hidden on OS X) in the solution root contains IntelliJ's project specific settings files..
vcs. xml - this file is for VCS-related internal information, as which VCS is enabled, etc. runConfigurations - this folder is for shared run configurations.
Other files inside of . idea folder can be safely excluded from VCS (ex..
idea folder is created at the root of the project.
This folder contains project specific settings such as run/debug configurations and also per-user details, such as currently open files, navigation history and currently selected run/debug configuration..
One or more . gitignore files in the VCS root directory and its subdirectories.
These files are checked into the repository so that the ignore patterns in them are available to the entire team.
Therefore, it is the most common place to store the ignored file patterns..
