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## PyCharmIntelliJShared.md

      
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    Problem

PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA use the .idea directory to keep project information.
While the two seem to be able to read each other's files, they (currently) don't
understand the other's settings.
Solution

The work-around (till they learn to play better with each other) is to keep their .idea
folders separate, while sharing a common project source tree. Instructions follow below.
Instructions


Create space for keeping the source, and clone it.

$ mkdir -p ~/project/repos
$ cd ~/project/repos
$ git clone https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World

Create two separate directories, one each for PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA.

$ mkdir -p ~/project/ide/pycharm
$ mkdir ~/project/ide/intellij-idea

Symlink the project repository inside each of the IDE directories.

$ cd ~/project/ide/pycharm
$ ln -s ~/project/repos/Hello-World
$ cd ~/project/ide/intellij-idea
$ ln -s ~/project/repos/Hello-World


Create projects in each IDE, located at their respective folders.
Open ~/project/ide/pycharm as a project in PyCharm, and
import ~/project/ide/intellij-idea as a project in IntelliJ IDEA.


Each IDE will create its own .idea directory.


$ ls -al ~/project/ide/pycharm/.idea
$ ls -al ~/project/ide/intellij-idea/.idea

Both IDEs are now sharing the same project source tree, but not
their own settings.