diff --git a/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/StreamProvider.kt b/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/StreamProvider.kt
index 160b4ac34d1a..e09dd685c704 100644
--- a/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/StreamProvider.kt
+++ b/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/StreamProvider.kt
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ public interface StreamProvider {
   public open val enabled: Boolean
     get() = true
 
-  public open fun isApplicable(fileSpec: String, roamingType: RoamingType): Boolean = true
+  public open fun isApplicable(fileSpec: String, roamingType: RoamingType = RoamingType.PER_USER): Boolean = true
 
   /**
    * @param fileSpec
    * @param content bytes of content, size of array is not actual size of data, you must use `size`
    * @param size actual size of data
    */
-  public fun write(fileSpec: String, content: ByteArray, size: Int, roamingType: RoamingType)
+  public fun write(fileSpec: String, content: ByteArray, size: Int = content.size(), roamingType: RoamingType = RoamingType.PER_USER)
 
-  public fun read(fileSpec: String, roamingType: RoamingType): InputStream?
+  public fun read(fileSpec: String, roamingType: RoamingType = RoamingType.PER_USER): InputStream?
 
   /**
    * You must close passed input stream.
@@ -41,5 +41,9 @@ public interface StreamProvider {
   /**
    * Delete file or directory
    */
-  public fun delete(fileSpec: String, roamingType: RoamingType)
+  public fun delete(fileSpec: String, roamingType: RoamingType = RoamingType.PER_USER)
+}
+
+public fun StreamProvider.write(fileSpec: String, content: String) {
+  write(fileSpec, content.toByteArray())
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/settings-repository/src/BaseRepositoryManager.kt b/plugins/settings-repository/src/BaseRepositoryManager.kt
index 02cdabfbaf45..f0aa653ae19b 100644
--- a/plugins/settings-repository/src/BaseRepositoryManager.kt
+++ b/plugins/settings-repository/src/BaseRepositoryManager.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,16 @@ public abstract class BaseRepositoryManager(protected val dir: File) : Repositor
     FileUtil.delete(dir)
   }
 
+  protected open fun isPathIgnored(path: String): Boolean = false
+
   override fun read(path: String): InputStream? {
+    if (isPathIgnored(path)) {
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("$path is ignored")
+      }
+      return null
+    }
+
     var fileToDelete: File? = null
     lock.read {
       val file = File(dir, path)
@@ -104,6 +113,13 @@ public abstract class BaseRepositoryManager(protected val dir: File) : Repositor
   }
 
   override fun write(path: String, content: ByteArray, size: Int): Boolean {
+    if (isPathIgnored(path)) {
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("$path is ignored")
+      }
+      return false
+    }
+
     if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
       LOG.debug("Write $path")
     }
diff --git a/plugins/settings-repository/src/git/GitRepositoryManager.kt b/plugins/settings-repository/src/git/GitRepositoryManager.kt
index 7606baf63ee4..e63ca32c2e9a 100644
--- a/plugins/settings-repository/src/git/GitRepositoryManager.kt
+++ b/plugins/settings-repository/src/git/GitRepositoryManager.kt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class GitRepositoryManager(private val credentialsStore: NotNullLazyValue<Creden
 
   init {
     if (ApplicationManager.getApplication()?.isUnitTestMode() != true) {
-      ShutDownTracker.getInstance().registerShutdownTask(object: Runnable {
+      ShutDownTracker.getInstance().registerShutdownTask(object : Runnable {
         override fun run() {
           _repository?.close()
         }
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class GitRepositoryManager(private val credentialsStore: NotNullLazyValue<Creden
       return false
     }
 
-    repository.commit(with(IdeaCommitMessageFormatter()) { StringBuilder().appendCommitOwnerInfo(true) } .append("Get rid of \$ROOT_CONFIG$ and \$APP_CONFIG").toString())
+    repository.commit(with(IdeaCommitMessageFormatter()) { StringBuilder().appendCommitOwnerInfo(true) }.append("Get rid of \$ROOT_CONFIG$ and \$APP_CONFIG").toString())
     return true
   }
 
@@ -297,13 +297,9 @@ class GitRepositoryManager(private val credentialsStore: NotNullLazyValue<Creden
     return node
   }
 
-  override fun write(path: String, content: ByteArray, size: Int): Boolean {
-    val ignoreRules = getIgnoreRules()
+  override fun isPathIgnored(path: String): Boolean {
     // add first slash as WorkingTreeIterator does "The ignore code wants path to start with a '/' if possible."
-    if (ignoreRules != null && ignoreRules.isIgnored("/$path", false) == IgnoreNode.MatchResult.IGNORED) {
-      return false
-    }
-    return super.write(path, content, size)
+    return getIgnoreRules()?.isIgnored("/$path", false) == IgnoreNode.MatchResult.IGNORED
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/GitTest.kt b/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/GitTest.kt
index 66465b4080ee..a05540105993 100644
--- a/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/GitTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/GitTest.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.jetbrains.settingsRepository.test
 
+import com.intellij.configurationStore.write
 import com.intellij.mock.MockVirtualFileSystem
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.RoamingType
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
@@ -346,11 +347,13 @@ class GitTest : IcsTestCase() {
   Test fun gitignore() {
     createLocalRepository()
 
-    repository.add(".gitignore", "*.html")
+    provider.write(".gitignore", "*.html")
     sync(SyncType.MERGE)
 
-    provider.write("bar.html", "<data />")
-    provider.write("i/am/a/long/path/to/file/foo.html", "<data />")
+    val filePaths = listOf("bar.html", "i/am/a/long/path/to/file/foo.html")
+    for (path in filePaths) {
+      provider.write(path, path)
+    }
 
     val diff = repository.computeIndexDiff()
     assertThat(diff.diff()).isFalse()
@@ -360,6 +363,10 @@ class GitTest : IcsTestCase() {
     assertThat(diff.getModified()).isEmpty()
     assertThat(diff.getUntracked()).isEmpty()
     assertThat(diff.getUntrackedFolders()).isEmpty()
+
+    for (path in filePaths) {
+      assertThat(provider.read(path)).isNull()
+    }
   }
 
   private fun createRemoteRepository(branchName: String? = null, initialCommit: Boolean = true) {
diff --git a/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/IcsTestCase.kt b/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/IcsTestCase.kt
index 31b3f3810e0b..9f572f2d4a65 100644
--- a/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/IcsTestCase.kt
+++ b/plugins/settings-repository/testSrc/IcsTestCase.kt
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.jetbrains.settingsRepository.test
 
-import com.intellij.configurationStore.StreamProvider
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.RoamingType
 import com.intellij.testFramework.TemporaryDirectory
 import com.intellij.testFramework.writeChild
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository
@@ -28,15 +26,6 @@ import org.junit.Rule
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 
-fun StreamProvider.write(path: String, data: ByteArray) {
-  write(path, data, data.size(), RoamingType.PER_USER)
-}
-
-fun StreamProvider.write(fileSpec: String, content: String) {
-  val data = content.toByteArray()
-  write(fileSpec, data, data.size(), RoamingType.PER_USER)
-}
-
 fun Repository.add(path: String, data: String) = add(path, data.toByteArray())
 
 fun Repository.add(path: String, data: ByteArray): Repository {