How to synchronize project settings between different machines?

Question

PyCharm

I develop from several machines, for each project - different settings. I used to just keep the .idea folder in the repositories, but that seems like a bad practice. How can Pycharm settings be synchronized for a project?

Answer 1

The decision was banal. This is a standard Pycharm feature (albeit a rather buggy one).
File -> Manage IDE Settings -> [Sync Settings to JetBrains Account...|Settings repository]
JetBrains Account is not supported in Community Edition.
Settings repository allows you to synchronize all settings (it seems to allow exceptions) including settings for individual projects with a remote repository.
A separate repository (not a project) is created, indicated in File -> Manage IDE Settings -> Settings repository -> Upstream URL. You can synchronize automatically, or through VCS -> Sync settings.
At the same time, there is a bug - in some cases the feature does not work, the solution is to delete the folder:

~/.{IDE_NAME_&_VERSION}/config/settingsRepository/repository/.git

Answer 2

Keeping the .idea folder in the repository is the norm if you need to synchronize the
ide settings.
For codestyle settings, there is .editorconfig and all sorts of linter settings