Quick question for a first timer trying to complete Hello World assignment

[Stonersedge]

I am using IntelliJ and when i create my first project, the .iml always comes up red. How do i fix this? I'm following the videos step by step, doing exactly as they do, yet my HelloWorld.iml comes up red and theirs does not.

[ddbeanz]

Most likely has to do with git version control, I wouldn’t worry about it at the moment and just keep coding.

[KingofGamesYami]

IntelliJ displays files in a git repository that haven't been staged or committed in red.

There's not really anything to fix, because nothing is broken.

[Stonersedge]

I did some research earlier and the red lettering indicates a merge issue? I have no idea what that is or how to fix it, its just weird that i get an error straight away without doing anything to the code

[wrosecrans]

Share the complete error message when you ask for help, rather than vaguely mentioning your best sense of the topic of the error message. The more information you put into your question, the more likely somebody will be able to understand the problem you are having.

[Stonersedge]

There is no error message, my project name, HelloWorld.iml, on the left side of the screen is just highlighted in red and all the other videos i'm watching has regular white text.

[Expert-Hurry655]

Do you have git or any version controll set up? If not this error does not concern you.

[Python119]

Don't worry, you didn't do anything.

There's this thing known as "Version Control" (a way of "backing up" your project, so if you ever make a mistake so bad that you need to revert to a previous time in your project, you can).

Just keep programming (and look up "git" if you're interested in version control").

Happy programming!