Set up Git repository

Check out a project from a remote host (clone)

IntelliJ IDEA allows you to check out (in Git terms clone) an existing repository and create a new project based on the data you've downloaded.

From the main menu, select Git | Clone, or, if no project is currently opened, click Get from VCS on the Welcome screen.
In the Get from Version Control dialog, specify the URL of the remote repository you want to clone, or select one of the VCS hosting services on the left.
If you are already logged in to the selected hosting service, completion will suggest the list of available repositories that you can clone.

Click Clone. If you want to create a project based on the sources you have cloned, click Yes in the confirmation dialog. Git root mapping will be automatically set to the project root directory.
If your project contains submodules, they will also be cloned and automatically registered as project roots.
When you import or clone a project for the first time, IntelliJ IDEA analyzes it. If the IDE detects more than one configuration (for example, Eclipse and Gradle), it prompts you to select which configuration you want to use.

If the project that you are importing uses a build tool, such as Maven or Gradle, we recommend that you select the build tool configuration.

Select the necessary configuration and click OK.

The IDE pre-configures the project according to your choice. For example, if you select Gradle, IntelliJ IDEA executes its build scripts, loads dependencies, and so on.

Put an existing project under Git version control

You can create a local Git repository based on the existing project sources.

Associate the entire project with a single Git repository

Open the project that you want to put under Git.
Press ⌃ V to open the VCS Operations Popup and select Enable Version Control Integration.

Alternatively, from the main menu, select VCS | Enable Version Control Integration.
Choose Git as the version control system and click OK.
After VCS integration is enabled, IntelliJ IDEA will ask you whether you want to share project settings files via VCS. You can choose Always Add to synchronize project settings with other repository users who work with IntelliJ IDEA.

Associate different directories within the project with different Git repositories

Open the project that you want to put under Git.
From the main menu, choose VCS | Create Git Repository.
In the dialog that opens, specify the directory where a new Git repository will be created.
Git does not support external paths, so if you choose a directory that is outside your project root, make sure that the folder where the repository is going to be created also contains the project root.
If you are creating multiple Git repositories inside the project structure, repeat the previous steps for each directory.

After you have initialized a Git repository for your project, you need to add project files to the repository.

Add files to the local repository

In the Commit tool window ⌘ 0, expand the Unversioned Files node.
Select the files you want to add to Git or the entire changelist and press ⌥ ⌘ A or choose Add to VCS from the context menu.
You can also add files to your local Git repository from the Project tool window: select the files you want to add, and press ⌥ ⌘ A or choose Git | Add from the context menu.

When Git integration is enabled in your project, IntelliJ IDEA suggests adding each newly created file under Git, even if it was added from outside IntelliJ IDEA. You can change this behavior in the Version Control | Confirmation page of the IDE settings ⌘ ,. If you want certain files to always remain unversioned, you can ignore them.

If you attempt to add a file that's on the .gitignore list, IntelliJ IDEA will suggest force adding it. Clicking Cancel in the confirmation dialog only cancels force adding ignored files - all other files will be added to the Git repository.

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