Commit
Last modified: 08 March 2021
File | Settings | Version Control | Commit for Windows and Linux
IntelliJ IDEA | Preferences | Version Control | Commit for macOS
Ctrl+Alt+S 
Use this settings page to configure the commit options.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Use non-modal commit interface | Select this option to be able to commit from the Commit tool window Alt+0, without displaying the modal Commit Changes dialog. |
| Clear initial commit message | Select this option if you do not want automatically fill the commit message fields with the previous commit message. |
| Force non-empty commit comments | Select this option if you want to restrict committing changes without entering a commit message. |
| Show unversioned files | Select this option if you want new files that have not been added to a VCS yet to be listed in the Commit Changes dialog. |
| Suggest to move uncommitted changes to another changelist | Select this option if you want IntelliJ IDEA to suggest moving changes to another changelist if you exclude them from a commit. |
| Create changelist on failed commit | Select whether you want a new changelist to be created if a commit fails. |
| Commit message inspections | Select the inspections that you want to be applied to the commit message. |
| Before Commit | |
| Reformat code | Perform code formatting according to the Project Code Style settings. |
| Rearrange code | Rearrange your code according to the arrangement rules preferences. |
| Optimize imports | Remove redundant import statements. |
| Analyze code | Analyze modified files before committing them. Click Configure to select an inspection profile from which the IDE will run inspections. |
| Check TODO (<filter name>) | Review the TODO items matching the specified filter. Click Configure to choose an existing TODO filter, or open the TODO settings page and define a new filter to be applied. |
| Cleanup | Automatically apply the current inspection profile to the files you are going to commit/shelve. |
| Update copyright | Add or update a copyright notice according to the selected copyright profile - scope combination. |