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

If you want to disable checking in *.iml files across all projects, on the Mac OS X 10.8.x you can go to IntelliJ -> Preferences (Command-,) -> Version Control -> Ignore Files and set it up there. This is better if you are like me who works on many projects and frequently need to create/import new projects, I don't want to have to setup this pref on every individual project.