Git

Enable staging area

Enable this option if you are more used to the concept of staging changes for commit instead of using changelists where modified files are staged automatically.

Using the staging area allows you to easily commit changes to the same file separately (including overlapping changes), and see which changes are already staged without switching focus from the editor. For more information, refer to Use the Git staging area to commit changes.

Warn if CRLF line separators are about to be committed

Select this option to enable smart handling of LF and CRLF line separators. IntelliJ IDEA will analyze your configuration, warn you if you are about to commit CRLF into the repository, and suggest changing the core.autocrlf setting to true or input depending on your operating system.

If this option is deselected, you will have to fix issues with line endings manually using the Diff Viewer dialog.

Warn when committing in detached HEAD or during rebase

Select this option if you want IntelliJ IDEA to display a warning when a commit is performed from a detached head or on rebase, as this may cause issues and code loss.

Add the 'cherry-picked from <hash>' suffix when picking commits pushed to protected branches

Select this option if you want to keep a reference to the original commit when cherry-picking a commit from a protected branch. By default, no suffix is added when cherry-picking a change.

Configure GPG Key

Click to configure GPG Key for signing your commits or to select an existing key. For more information, refer to Sign commits with GPG keys.

Auto-update if push of the current branch was rejected

Select this checkbox if you want the current branch to be updated automatically if the push operation from the current branch to its tracked branch is rejected.

If this option is deselected, IntelliJ IDEA will display the Push Rejected dialog when pushing a branch is rejected because your local repository and the remote storage are not synchronized.

Note the following:

• If you have never seen the Push Rejected dialog before and you are enabling the checkbox initially, IntelliJ IDEA will update the conflicting local branch silently by means of the merge operation.

• If you have already encountered the Push Rejected dialog and selected the Remember the update method choice... option, IntelliJ IDEA saves your last choice rebase or merge and will apply it to update the conflicting local branch silently.

  Accordingly, to change the "remembered" setting, clear the checkbox, access the Push Rejected dialog, select the Auto-update if push ... rejected option, and invoke another update strategy.

Show Push dialog for Commit and Push

Select this option if you want the Push dialog to be displayed after you've clicked Commit and Push in the Commit Changes dialog. Otherwise, your changes will be pushed automatically to the affected repository.

Show Push dialog only when committing to protected branches

Select this option if you only want to show the Push Changes dialog if you are pushing to a protected branch when you've clicked Commit and Push in the Commit Changes dialog. Otherwise, your changes will be pushed automatically to the affected repository.

Protected branches

If you want to disable the ability to force push changes for certain branches, list them here (this is a team-shared parameter that is stored in .idea/vcs.xml).

You can list several branches separated by a semicolon, or supply branch patterns as the input is treated as a list of regular expressions.

Load branch protection rules from GitHub

Select this option if you want to add GitHub protection rules to IntelliJ IDEA and sync them on every fetch.

Update method

Use this list to choose the strategy to synchronize your local repository with the remote storage. The selected method will be used when the push operation is rejected (if the Auto-updated if push of the current branch was rejected option is enabled), or when you invoke the Update Project operation. The following options are available:

• Merge: select this option to perform merge during the update. This is equivalent to running git fetch and then git merge, or git pull --no-rebase.

• Rebase: select this option to perform rebase during the update. This is equivalent to running git fetch and then git rebase, or git pull --rebase (all local commits will be put on top of the updated upstream head).

Clean working tree using

Select how you want uncommitted changes to be treated when you perform a project update:

• Stash: local changes will be saved to a git stash. This is useful if you need to apply patches with stashed changes outside IntelliJ IDEA, as they are generated by Git itself.

• Shelve: IntelliJ IDEA will put local changes to a shelf. Shelving is done by IntelliJ IDEA, and patches generated from shelved changes are normally applied inside IntelliJ IDEA.

Filter Update Project information by paths

If you don't want to get information on all changes to a project in the Update Info tab when you perform an update, you can filter the list by specific paths.

Explicitly check for incoming commits on remotes

If this option is enabled, IntelliJ IDEA will check if there are pending incoming commits that have not been fetched to your local repository, and will mark such branches in the Branches popup.

Select how you want IntelliJ IDEA to query the remote to check for incoming commits:

• Auto: IntelliJ IDEA will check for updates in the background if HTTP or Git protocol is used to access the remote. If SSH is used, this check will not be performed so that external authentication applications don't pop up unexpectedly.

• Always: IntelliJ IDEA will check for updates in the background even if SSH is used to access the remote.

• Never: IntelliJ IDEA will not query the remote for incoming commits, and a warning will be displayed in the Branches popup, allowing you to run the check manually.

Use credential helper

Select this option if you don't want to override credential helpers, which is the default behavior. You will be able to authenticate using a credential helper in the Git login dialog.