Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@tanvir-kx
Forked from bittner/60-jetbrains.conf
Created September 8, 2021 08:03
Show Gist options
  • Select an option

  • Save tanvir-kx/54165f48d455bf0cecbe30f01e76ee2d to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.

Select an option

Save tanvir-kx/54165f48d455bf0cecbe30f01e76ee2d to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Inotify configuration for IntelliJ IDEA (PhpStorm, PyCharm, RubyMine, WebStorm). Create this file with e.g. `sudo vim /etc/sysctl.d/60-jetbrains.conf`
# Set inotify watch limit high enough for IntelliJ IDEA (PhpStorm, PyCharm, RubyMine, WebStorm).
# Create this file as /etc/sysctl.d/60-jetbrains.conf (Debian, Ubuntu), and
# run `sudo service procps start` or reboot.
# Source: https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/Inotify+Watches+Limit
#
# More information resources:
# -$ man inotify # manpage
# -$ man sysctl.conf # manpage
# -$ cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches # print current value in use
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
@tanvir-kx
Copy link
Author

forked gist for IntelliJ IDEA

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment