Question

I am exploring a model where I codegen one .iml file per package in IntelliJ. For example, suppose I have the packages com.example.foo, com.example.foo.bar, and com.example.foo.baz. That means that in the .iml file for com.example.foo, I need:

<content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
  <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$"
                isTestSource="false"
                packagePrefix="com.example.foo" />
  <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/bar" />
  <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/baz" />
</content>

Every time I add a new “sub-package” of com.example.foo, I have to add a new <excludeFolder> element to <content>. Is there any way to avoid this and just say “my source directory is the immediate directory and none of the subdirectories?”

Answer 1

Source root configuration is recursive, it’s not possible to configure just a directory as Sources while excluding all its subdirectories.