PhpStorm - How can I avoid creating the .idea folder?

Question

I don\'t want PhpStorm to create an .idea folder. Is this possible?

I\'m working in a new environment where I pretty much MUST figure out a way to remove them or I h

Answer 1

Maybe, as an alternative, if you use a VCS, you can add .idea to your VCS ignore list? For example, for Mercurial it is called .hgignore and for Git - .gitignore.

Answer 2

I don't want PhpStorm to create an .idea folder. Is this possible?

No, but workaround is very simple and described in the actual ticket body: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-343 :

WORKAROUND: Actually you can do it for a long time - but only manually. Just create a new project anywhere where you want to store your project data, then go to "Settings | Directories" and detach its dir and attach your project root folder.

Just remember to open this folder instead of actual one next time.