Getting rid of IntelliJ warning: Local variable is redundant

When dealing with a piece of code like this

    String id = "abc";
    return id;

IntelliJ may give a warning message:

    Local variable 'id' is redundant

I can see IntelliJ’s point. The code could be rewritten as follows:

    return "abc";

However, sometimes it can be useful to use a variable name as a form of documentation.
Also, and more often, I don’t want to see this warning pop up for other people’s code! If they wish to use a “redundant” variable, who am I to argue? I certainly don’t want to be warned about it every time I do a commit.

To disable this warning, deselect the following:

Preferences -> Editor -> Inspections (-> Java) -> Data flow issues -> Redundant local variable -> Ignore immediately returned or thrown variables

Or you can setup custom handling for tests (e.g. weak warnings) under Severity by Scope.
(Based on IntelliJ 15)

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