.idea directory in JetBrains PhpStorm 4?

Question

phpstorm

Is there a way to tell the environment to create the .idea directory outside of the working directory? In NetBeans, there is such a way - you can explicitly specify a directory for metadata. Is there one in this IDE?

Answer 1

There is a way to do it manually:
'''WORKAROUND''' Actually you can do it for a long time — but only manually. Just create a new project anywhere where you want to store your project data, then go to Settings|Directories and detach its dir and attach your project root folder.
Just remember to open this folder instead of actual one next time.
Text from the ticket for adding this feature youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WI-343

Answer 2

What's wrong with using an .ipr file to store project metadata?

Answer 3

Let me ask you why? If it interferes with the version control system, then everywhere there is ignoring ...

Answer 4

Symlink?