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"
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I would like to remember my team the ports used for debugging, for several projects.
A Ctrl-F in a directory, and I have my results under IntelliJ_2021.1.3 Ultimate I'm using,
but I have no way to paste them, like they are on this window, either with Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins , on another location in order to send a mail to my teammates.
Does a workaround exist, or has this feature been implemented in a later version I should try to upgrade to?
I don't think there is a simple and direct way to do what you want. However, there is a workaround:
Run your search, and then from the Find in Files window click the Open in Find Window button:
Right-click anywhere within that Find window listing the occurrences, then select Export to Text File from the context menu:
An Export Preview window will open, showing the search results in expanded hierarchical form, reflecting the structure under the directory you searched. Within that window you can select any contiguous portion of text, then right click and select Copy from the context menu:
You can then paste the selected text into any other window, and massage the results as necessary:
Notes:
This is only a workaround because unfortunately I don't see a way to directly copy the results in your screen shot, in which each line shows a both a search occurrence and its file location. That information is still in the copied text, but it may take a bit of effort to get it in the form you want.
The Copy button in the Export Preview window ignores any text selection and blindly copies everything, so use Copy from the context menu instead if selecting a subset of the text.
I used IntelliJ IDEA 2023.1 EAP (Ultimate Edition). I don't know whether this functionality exists in your version.
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.
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.
I find the UX of IntelliJ to be extremely annoying (especially since I have been using XCode until now and really love it). Specifically the fact that I need to "double click" a file in order to view it, and moreover that the file is opened in a new tab.
The behaviour that I desire is that when selecting a new file from the file navigator, the file open "inside" (replace) the currently viewed tab. I don't want to have to double-click the file from the navigator and I don't want the file to open in a new tab.
So for instance if the current tab is showing "File1.xxx" and I were to select (Single-click) "File2.xxx" from the navigator, the tab would now show "File2.xxx" and not "File1.xxx".
I am not aware of how to define this behaviour in the settings screen.
I am using IntelliJ Ultimate 2017.2.2 on a Mac.
A couple of examples of what I want:
Like in XCode:
Like in Chrome:
Like in Safari:
Like in Finder:
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