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MattDs17
MattDs17

Reputation: 421

Is it possible to configure IntelliJ to not index specific files?

Scripts and styles for the project I'm working on get compiled and minified into single (enormous) files when the project is built. When IntelliJ goes to index everything, it spends a significant amount of time indexing the minified files, which are all but useless for the purpose of searching.

Is there a way to ignore specifically these files, and not just a directory?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 78

Answers (1)

Jeeter
Jeeter

Reputation: 6085

I'm taking mostly a guess here, IntelliJ docs are notorious for being not-so-helpful on some topics.

Try marking the files as plain text:

When a file is marked as plain text, IntelliJ IDEA does not use it anymore for code completion and navigation...The reverse action is also available: you can return a file to its original type, using the Mark as action

Edit: After hearing that your files are dynamically created, I think I may have figured out a solution.

IntelliJ allows for the creation of Scopes, which allow you to exclude certain files from the project. You can then go to Editor -> Inspections and change the scope of each inspection from All Scopes to your new scope

Upvotes: 1

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