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Code-Apprentice

Reputation: 83517

out directory in IntelliJ project

Building with Intellij 2017.2 /out directory duplicates files in /build directory addresses this issue for Gradle-based projects. However, my project is Python and JavaScript with no Gradle in sight. Does IntelliJ now create this out directory for all projects no matter what build tools the projects are configured to use?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 10757

Answers (2)

Jasper Citi
Jasper Citi

Reputation: 1862

I had the same problem with IntelliJ 2021.1. In my case the Project Settings > Modules > Paths was correctly set, yet it still duplicated everything from the \target to \out. In addition to that it could also not detect any of my Unit Tests even when I right-click directly on the Unit Test.

What did work for me was that I had to close IntelliJ and manually delete the .idea directory and re-import the entire project.

Upvotes: 3

Javaru
Javaru

Reputation: 31906

out is the default name IntelliJ IDEA uses for the compiler output directory. When the project is configured via a build tool like Gradle or Maven, IDEA will change the compile output directory to match that used by those tools, such as target or build. However, it may not necessarily do this for all build tools. It'll depend on the level of support IDEA provides for a particular build tool. You can manually modify the output directory used in Project Structure (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S or ⌘;). There is a project wide setting in Project Settings > Project and then a setting for each module in Project Settings > Modules > "Paths" tab.

Upvotes: 5

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