VCS integrations of IntelliJ IDEA enable you to inspect the changes made to files, or even fragments of source code. and commands are available on the main menu, and on the context menus of the files, under the respective VCS nodes.
Results of the command are displayed in a dedicated tab of the Version Control Tool Window. For the different version control systems, the set of toolbar buttons in the History tab may slightly vary. Results of the command are displayed in a dedicated window, in the form of a differences viewer.
- On the main menu, or on the context menu of a
file, choose . The History
tab for this file appears in the Version Control tool window.
File revisions are shown in regular font. The revision that currently exists in your working copy, is shown inbold font.
- Click the columns to filter the list of changes you have made to the selected file.
- Click the relevant buttons on the toolbar to compare with local version, get the selected version from VCS, annotate a file, refresh the revisions list, and show the list as a tree.
To view history for selection, select fragment of source code in the editor, and choose on the main menu, or on the context menu of the selection.