Steps to exclude .idea folder globally in phpstorm:
Create this file:
C:\Users\Bas\gitignore_global.txt
Add this contents:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | .DS_Store.DS_Store?._*.Spotlight-V100.Trashesehthumbs.dbThumbs.db.idea.idea/* |
Now in phpstorm open the terminal panel (command line shell) and type:
1 | git config --global core.excludesfile c:\Users\Bas\gitignore_global.txt |
Next restart phpstorm. Now if you clone a new project it will never bother you about the .idea folder.