How do I ignore PyCharm configuration files in a git repository?

If PyCharm offers you to commit the files, it means that you have already added them to Git. You need to remove them using 'git rm --cached' and commit the change. After that, they will be ignored by the integration according to your .gitignore settings.

You can configure ignored files.

Under the Version Control node, of the Settings dialog box, click Ignored Files. The Ignored Files dialog box opens.

More easily:

Tip

You can also add files to ignore list on-the-fly. A new file under the Unversioned Files change list, has Ignore command on its context menu.

• Remove the .idea folder (keep a copy)
• Commit the changes

Add the following to the gitignore

(JetBrains recommended exclusions for PyCharm that also covers JetBrains plugins etc):

### JetBrains #### Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and Webstorm# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839# User-specific stuff: .idea/workspace.xml .idea/tasks.xml .idea/dictionaries .idea/vcs.xml .idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml# Sensitive or high-churn files: .idea/dataSources.ids .idea/dataSources.xml .idea/dataSources.local.xml .idea/sqlDataSources.xml .idea/dynamic.xml .idea/uiDesigner.xml# Gradle: .idea/gradle.xml .idea/libraries# Mongo Explorer plugin: .idea/mongoSettings.xml## File-based project format:*.iws## Plugin-specific files:# IntelliJ /out/# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin .idea_modules/# JIRA plugin atlassian-ide-plugin.xml# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ) com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml crashlytics.properties crashlytics-build.properties fabric.properties### JetBrains Patch #### Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721# *.iml# modules.xml# .idea/misc.xml # *.ipr

• Now you can add your .idea folder back into your project directory and the changes won't be tracked any more.