As shown in the screen cap below, the gutter to the left of the editor shows line numbers and color indicators for which lines have changed (and what kind of change):
It shows the changes against the current HEAD.
How could I make it show changes against another branch, such as main or even a remote branch such as origin/main?
For example, if the same change was already made on origin/mainline, I want no color indicator to show at all.
Thank you!!!!!
You can do this with the Git Scope plugin
It adds a Git Scope tool window that looks much like the built-in Git tool window (or the Commit tool window if you have the Git non-modal interface enabled). In the Git Scope window you can select a different branch to be the basis of file change indictors:
Not only that:
If you click on the color indicators, you can see the actual diff against the chosen branch.
The Git Scope window shows all changed files against the chosen branch (much like the built-in git window shows all changed files against HEAD).
As with the built-in window, you can right click on any file to or press ⌘D to see a full diff, or the Show Diff button to iterate over all file changes.
In fact, as far as I can tell, Git-Scope changes the diff context for even the built-in commands for showing the diff of the currently open file.
The Git Scope window has a toggle button to conveniently switch back and forth between normal mode (diffs against HEAD) and the Git Scope mode.
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I want to add a hotkey to the feature(toggle view/hide) on the image below, but do not know its name.
So on a git change IntelliJ shows a green(other colours) marker, so I click on it to view it. I want to add a hotkey so I don't have to use the mouse
In IntelliJ, you could use Next Change and Previous Change to achieve the above feature without using a mouse.
First open a file with Git changes.
Follow the attached image. (I have provided instruction for mac, but it should be the same on other OS as well)
Important: If the file that you opened does not have git changes, this won't be available on Navigate tab.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
I have a file that was changed in one branch and renamed in another (but from comparison perspective it was deleted). I use IntelliJ for merging. When I merge the branch where the file was changed into the one where it was deleted, in the merge window the IntelliJ shows two panels one for the deleted file which is obviously empty and the other one for modified file with changes highlighted in darker pink.
I need to add these changes to my renamed file. And I can do it manually, np, however I cannot keep the merge/comparison window open. It must be closed before I can do any code modifications.
My question is: is there a way to get the same kind of comparison with possible merge conflicts highlighted before the actual merge.
IntelliJ relies on the command-line git and needs git to attempt the merge before it can show you the merge dialog. So, unfortunately, it is not possible to get the merge dialog without starting the merge.
However, it seems that to solve the task you only need the merge dialog to be non-modal - here is the request for it in JetBrains tracker https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-66552
Using version IDEA 2021.3.3 (Ultimate Edition), I am able to open a merge non-modally by:
When the merge dialog appears, click Cancel
Open the Git view
Click on a changed file in the Local Changes tab.
This initially shows the merge diff in the side pane of the Git view.
To open the merge diff in the main editor area, right-click on the file (in the Local Changes tab) and select "Show Diff".
This will open the merge diff in the main editor area.
I normally do git diff for this but want to leverage the intellij gui.
The Version Control tab just shows me all the files that changed:
To view the actual changes I have to select a file and choose "Show Diff".
This opens another window. Now from this other window if I want to see changes for another file I have to click this button then open the other file:
I don't like that. Is there a way to have this in the same pane? Where on the left I see a list of the changed files and I just have to select the file to see its changes? Otherwise its very clunky and unusable for being able to see a tree of changed files and selecting the one's changes I want to see
Just found it, I wanted "preview diff"
How to fix the window of git changed files somewhere in intellij? In Git History when I click on "Show all affected" icon a new window pops up how to make it fix in intillij?
Show all affected files is intended to open in a separate dialog, and it could not be docked.
As I understand, you want File history to show affected files in the same way as the Log tab. it is not possible, unfortunately. See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-168152
As a workaround, you could use Select in Git log action to display the commit in the Log tab, where all the details are available.
In Eclipse, when click Synchronize view it will show up a tree structure of diff comparison from local to svn repo. Click on each file will pop up view to show code diff.
Is there a similar feature in Intellij and how to activate it? I am on latest Intellij Ultimate btw.
Click on the Version Control button on the bottom, click on the Incoming tab. Hit the refresh button (circle with arrows). First time it will ask you if you want to set up automatic refresh. It will then show any changes pending from the repository. You can click on files and get a diff. (You may have to right click on a revision and select "Show Affected Files".)
There is no exact same view in IDEA. See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-119596
You can use Subversion -> Compare to the Latest repository version from a file's context menu.
There is also the Incoming tab that shows changes from the server not yet applied to your working copy. You could invoke Show Diff with local from the Details pane of the Incoming change