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How I can I get Intellij to show the .git folder in the project viewer? I tried ctrl+alt+A and clicked "show hidden files and directories", but it doesn't switch to the "on" position, so I suppose that's not the way of going about this?

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  • Why on earth would you want to do that? Maybe try turning off the git integration? Commented Mar 4, 2016 at 1:18
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    Git integration is great, sometimes you just want to edit the .git/config file quickly though Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 22:07
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    @ChrisKitching .git/hooks is somewhere I'd like to be able to edit stuff easily with the benefits of an IDE. Commented Dec 16, 2021 at 17:46
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    Or, you are using some interesting tool like git filter-repo that outputs the report to .git/filter-repo. There are just so many cases where being able to toggle this on and off would be great. Commented Feb 1, 2022 at 20:42

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The .git directory is ignored by default. To see it in the project pane, do the following:

  • Go to the settings (Help | Find Action...Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+A and type "Settings").
  • Navigate to Editor | File Types in the Settings dialog.
  • Remove .git from the table under the Ignored files and folders tab.

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On Mac, to bring the settings up ⌘-, (cmd-comma) works best.
On IDEA 2022.2 Ignored Files and Folders is on a tab next to Recognized File Types
@gerrytan thanks, I have updated my answer for this changed UI.

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