Prevent IntelliJ from adding iml files

Question

I\'m working with Maven pom files, and I don\'t wish to source control iml files. When I open a project, IntelliJ seems to add some of the iml files it creates to the SVN so

Answer 1

In case somebody else stumbles onto this issue, the best luck I've had is
Settings > Version Control > Ignored Files
Add "Ignore all Files Matching"s for:
*.idea
*.iml

Not sure which version of IDEA rolled out this functionality, and this question is somewhat old, so it may be moot. Just hope it helps somebody else out who landed here from Google as I did.