Shelf tab
This tab is added to the Version Control tool window Alt+9 when you shelve a change or a changelist, and is displayed until you permanently remove all shelved changes, including the already unshelved ones, and imported external patches.
By default, this tab shows all shelved changes that have not been unshelved yet. Changes are grouped into shelves. A shelf is a changelist created when you shelve changes. A shelf is identified by the commit message. You can have IntelliJ IDEA show the unshelved changes. They can be restored and re-applied as many times as necessary, until they are removed permanently.
For more information, refer to Shelve and unshelve changes.
Toolbar
Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Show Diff Ctrl+D | Choose this option to open the Diff Viewer for files and compare the shelved version of a file with its current local version. |
| Unshelve Silently Ctrl+Alt+U | Click this icon to unshelve changes silently, without displaying the Unshelve Changes dialog. |
| Create Patch | Choose this option to create a patch file based on shelved changes. In the Create Patch dialog that opens, specify the file to save the patch in, and the changes to create a patch from. By default, all changes from the shelf are selected. To view which changes are included, click the Selected link. For more information, refer to Use patches. |
| Show/Hide already unshelved | Click this button to have IntelliJ IDEA show or hide all available shelved changes, both already applied and not. Note that this button is duplicated From the context menu. |
| Preview Diff | Click this icon to compare the shelved version of the selected file with its local version in the Preview pane. |
| Clean Already Unshelved | Click this icon to explicitly remove all unshelved changes if you are not going to reuse them. |
| Shelf Settings | Click this icon to jump to the Shelf settings page where you can modify the default shelf location, and enable automatic shelving of base revisions of files for Git and Mercurial. |
Context menu
The context menu is available by right-clicking a change, a change list, or anywhere in the tab.
Item | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
Unshelve | Ctrl+Shift+U | Choose this option to apply changes from the selected shelf. In the Unshelve Changes dialog that opens, specify the changelist you want to add the changes to. For more information, refer to Shelve and unshelve changes. |
Restore | Choose this option to re-activate the unshelved changes. By default, unshelved changes are no longer shown in the list of available shelved changes, therefore you first need to have IntelliJ IDEA display it by choosing Show Already Unshelved. You can restore any change as many times as you need until the change is permanently removed by choosing Delete. For more information, refer to Shelve and unshelve changes. | |
Show Diff | Ctrl+D | Choose this option to open the Diff Viewer for files and compare the shelved version of a file with its current local version. |
Compare with Local | Choose this option to compare the shelved version of the selected file with its local version in the Diff Viewer for files. | |
Create Patch | Choose this option to create a patch file based on shelved changes. In the Create Patch dialog that opens, specify the file to save the patch in, and the changes to create a patch from. By default, all changes from the shelf are selected. To view which changes are included, click the Selected link. For more information, refer to Use patches. | |
Import Patches | Choose this option to apply patches created externally or through IntelliJ IDEA. In the dialog that opens, choose the files to import patches from. The imported patches are treated as shelved changes and are shown in the Shelf tab where you can unshelve them at any time. | |
Rename | Shift+F6 | Choose this option to modify the name of the selected shelved changelist. |
Delete | Delete | Choose this option to permanently delete the selected shelved change. You can remove any change no matter whether it has been already unshelved or not. For more information, refer to Shelve and unshelve changes. |
Show Already Unshelved | Choose this option to have IntelliJ IDEA show all available shelved changes, both already applied and not. By default, unshelved changes are hidden. For more information, refer to Shelve and unshelve changes. | |
Clean Already Unshelved | Click this icon to explicitly remove all unshelved changes if you are not going to reuse them. |
