Mark folder as Resource Root is not persistent

I have React Native project in Intellij IDEA Ultimate. I've found that in order for IDEA to track imports properly I have to mark a parent directory as Resource Root. This works just fine.

However the code is managed in git and if I change branches the parent directory is no longer marked as Resource Root and I have to manually re-mark it each time. I've checked and .idea and .iml files are in my .gitignore. Switching branches is not pulling down a new project file and thus overwriting my Resource Root marking.

Is there a way I can mark a directory as Resource Root and have it be persistent? Thanks.