Why Android Studio (3.4) created .gitignore doesn't exclude all `/.idea`?

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Whenever a new Android Studio project is created (I'm using Android Studio 3.4), the .gitignore content is as below.

*.iml
.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/caches
/.idea/libraries
/.idea/modules.xml
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/navEditor.xml
/.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml
.DS_Store
/build
/captures
.externalNativeBuild

Why isn't entire /.idea to be ignore but only the selective few? Are the remaining of any special use?

There may be important metafata files inside the `.idea` directory. These files may be needed when importing the project. — dan1st, May 29 '19 at 05:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '19 at 12:27

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There are some that you generally want to check into version control (anything project-specific but not user-specific). See What to gitignore from the .idea folder? for more information. If you don't want to version control them, you can exclude the whole directory.

answered May 28 '19 at 12:27

Solomon Ucko

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Such as...? I can't think of anything that I'd want to change on other peoples' machines. – SMBiggs May 13 '20 at 05:45
@ScottBiggs Probably things like the project structure, dependency info, build settings, etc. – Solomon Ucko May 13 '20 at 14:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '19 at 12:26

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Excluding all .idea-data would also exclude gradle.xml

I guess this is important for building. But I am just guessing.

answered May 28 '19 at 12:26

micha_nerd

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