Force IntelliJ to use another Home Directory?

问题

I have read this... it does not answer the question.

I would like to have IntelliJ use another location for all of my project files. Currently, it goes to c:\users\ as a default project location.

I want to change that to c:\git.

I tried to change the "Start in" link properties, to no avail.

I don't want to force all of the configuration (ie: the .IdeaIC15 folder) to be relocated, I just want it to go to c:\git when I click "Open project".

回答1:

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/207240985-Changing-IDE-default-directories-used-for-config-plugins-and-caches-storage

Locations can be changed by editing the following file:

IDE_HOME\bin\idea.properties

Follow the comments in idea.properties file to change the defaults, make sure to un-comment the lines defining these properties:

idea.config.path
idea.system.path
idea.plugins.path
idea.log.path

回答2:

To change the directory where project files are located to C:\git:

1. Select Help->Edit Custom VM Options...

2. Add the following line to the end of the file that comes up in the editor (*):

   -Duser.home=C:\git

3. Restart IntelliJ.

(*) The file that comes up in the editor will either be idea64.exe.vmoptions or idea.exe.vmoptions.

Notes:

• This will update/create a .vmoptions file in your config directory. It does not modify the vmoptions file in your install directory.
• The above steps do not change the default directory that is used when cloning git repositories. This is the directory that is used in the File->New->Project from Version Control->Git window. You still need to set that directory to C:\git. You only need to set it once.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31967923/force-intellij-to-use-another-home-directory