Log Tab

This tab is only available if you are using Git for version control.

This tab shows all changes committed to all branches of the local and remote repositories, or to a specific branch or repository.

The tab contains the following panes:

The Commits pane is located on the left of the tool window and shows the commits to all or selected branches from the local and remote repositories.
The Changed Files pane is located on the right of the tool window and shows the list of files that were modified within the selected commit.
The Commit Details pane is located on the right under the Changed Files pane and shows the details of the selected commit.

Commits Pane

The commits pane consists of the following areas:

Commits
Toolbar (some of the toolbar commands are duplicated in the context menu).

Commits

This area shows a list of all commits made to the selected branch, or to all branches. For each commit, the list shows the commit message, the author, and the commit date. The latest commit in each branch is supplied with a label with the name of the branch in which it was performed.

Commits to the current branch are displayed against the light blue background, while commits to all other branches are shown against the white background.

Commits made by you are marked with bold.

There are the following labels:

local (Mercurial) and regular (Git/Mercurial) for tags.
tip (Mercurial) for the latest revision in the repository.
HEAD (Git/Mercurial) for the current working revision.

For Git, the color of the label depends on the branch type (local or remote). The current branch head is marked with a yellow label, remote branches are marked with the violet label, and local branches with a yellow label.

For Mercurial, there are different color labels for bookmarks, open heavy branches and closed heavy branches.

Clicking an arrow takes you to the next commit in a long branch:

You can also press the Left and Right keys to jump to the parent/child commit. This is especially useful if you have commits to different repositories and multiple branches all mixed in the Log tab of the Version Control tool window Alt+9.

In multi-repository projects, the colored stripe on the left indicates which root the selected commit belongs to (each root is marked with its own color). Hover the mouse cursor over the colored stripe to invoke a tip that shows the root path:

You can also enable the Show Root Names option if you want to expand the Roots column with full root names.

Committed changelists often correspond to issues in tracking systems. You can jump to such issues in a browser right from the Commits pane. This functionality is available if:

The pattern of the bug tracking system is specified in the Issue Navigation Settings Preferences dialog.
The corresponding issue number is mentioned in the commit message.

After issue navigation has been configured, issue numbers in commit messages are rendered as links. Clicking such link brings you to the corresponding page of your issue tracker.

Item	Tooltip and Shortcut	Description
Filter	N/A	Use this field to search through the list of commits. You can enter full commit names or messages or their fragments, revision numbers, or regular expressions. To finalize the search, press `Enter` or move the focus away from the search field. You can quickly switch the focus to the search field by pressing `Ctrl+L`.
	N/A	Click to display previous search patterns.
	N/A	Click to clear the search and return to the full list of commits.
	Text Filter Settings	Click to select from the following options: Regex: anything you type in the search field is treated as a regular expression, for example, `#\d+`. Match Case: only entries with the matching case count.
Branch	N/A	Use this drop-down to filter commits by branch or favorite branches. If you want to see commits from all local and remote branches, select All.
User	N/A	Use this list to filter commits by author. To view all commits by a specific author, click Select and start typing the author's name. To view commits by all users, select All.
Date	N/A	Use this list to filter commits by a time-frame or a specific date. To view commits made on a specific date, click Select and specify the date. To view commits made on all dates, select All.
Paths	N/A	Use this list to filter commits by the folder (for projects that have one root), or by the root and folder (for multi-rooted projects). To view commits to a specific folder, click Select Folders and specify the folder name. For multi-repository projects, you can also select the checkbox next to one or several roots in the Roots section.
	Refresh `Ctrl+F5`	Click this button to refresh the list of commits.
	Cherry-pick (for Git) Graft (for Mercurial)	Click to apply changes from the selected commit to the current branch. This button is disabled if the selected commit is already contained in the current branch.
	IntelliSort	If this option is enabled, you get a more convenient way to view merges by displaying incoming commits first, directly below the merge commit.
	Presentation Settings	Click to invoke the list of options that let you configure how data is presented in the Log tab of the Version Control tool window `Alt+9`: Compact References View: if this option is enabled, branch references for a single commit are displayed in a collapsed view: If you want to expand each branch reference on a line, deselect this option: Show Tag Names: enable this option if you want tag names to be displayed in addition to the tag icon: If this option is disabled, you can still view a tag name by hovering the mouse over the tag icon. Show Root Names: enable this option if you want to expand the Roots column on the left showing full root names in a multi-repository project. Show Long Edges: if this option is enabled, long branches are displayed in full, even if there are no commits in them. If this option is disabled (by default), long branches are replaced with a down arrow. Show Commit Timestamp: select this option if you want MPS to show the commit timestamp in the Log view instead of the time when a change was authored. Collapse Linear Branches: enable this option to collapse all branches on the graph so that a dotted line is shown instead of successive commits. It is also possible to collapse an individual expanded branch by clicking it. Expand Linear Branches: enable this option to expand all collapsed branches to show successive commits on the graph. It is also possible to expand an individual collapsed branch by clicking it. Highlight: select if you want to highlight the following: My Commits: bold font Merge Commits: greyed out Current Branch: blue background Non-Picked Commits: greyed out (only available for Git). Non-picked commits are commits from the selected branch that have not yet been applied to the current branch.
	Open Another Log tab	Click to open a new log tab matching your filters, so that you don't have to set filters back and forth.
	Go to Hash/Branch/Tag `Ctrl+F`	Click this button and specify a hash, tag or branch you want to jump to. You can select a reference with the same name from different repositories. The name of each repository is displayed on the right along with its color indicator.

Context menu commands

Item	Description	Available in
Copy Revision Number	Use this command to copy the revision number of the selected commit to the clipboard.	Git Mercurial
Create Patch	Use this command to create a patch based on the selected commit.	Git Mercurial
Cherry-pick (Git) Graft (Mercurial)	Use this command to apply changes from the selected commit to the current branch.	Git Mercurial
Checkout Revision	Use this command to check out the state of files recorded in the selected commit.	Git
Browse Repository at Revision	Use this command to open a snapshot of your project at the selected revision in the Project view.	Git
Update to Revision	Use this command to change your working copy parent revision to the selected commit. New commits will carry on from the revision (commit) you update to.	Mercurial
New Branch	Use this command to create a new branch based on the selected commit.	Git Mercurial
New Tag	Use this command to add a new tag to the selected commit.	Git Mercurial
Branch <branch_name> / Branches	This command appears for all branches that point to the selected commit (Branch <branch_name> if there is one branch, or Branches if there are multiple branches) and provides the same options as the ones available from the Branches popup and submenu: Checkout As Compare With Rebase Current onto Selected Merge into Current Delete If the Control repositories synchronously option is enabled, and the selected branch exists in multiple repositories, an additional menu option named In All Repositories appears that allows you to perform the same operations in all repositories simultaneously.	Git Mercurial
Reset Current Branch to Here	Use the command to reset the current branch head to the selected commit. In the Git Reset dialog that opens, select the mode in which the working tree will be updated.	Git
Revert	Use this command to roll back the changes in the selected commit	Git
Undo Commit	This command is only available for the commits made by you, and allows you to revert the changes and undo the selected commit.	Git
Reword	Use this command to edit the commit message for the selected commit.	Git
Interactively Rebase from Here	Use this command to edit the history of the current branch by performing an interactive rebase of all commits after the selected one.	Git
Open in GitHub	Use this command to open the page that corresponds to the selected commit on GitHub.	Git
MQ	Use this submenu to manage Mercurial Queues: Import: use this command to turn the selected changeset into a patch. Goto patch: use this command to open the MQ: <project_name> tab that shows a queue of patches that have not been applied yet. Rename Patch: use this command to rename the selected patch. Finish Patches: use this command to turn the selected patch into a permanent changeset.	Mercurial

Changed files pane

This pane shows a list of files that were modified within the currently selected commit.

Many of the options available in the toolbar are duplicated in the context menu.

Item	Tooltip and Shortcut	Description
	Show Diff `Ctrl+D`	Click this button to open the Differences viewer for files where you can compare the current and the previous revision of the selected file.
	Revert Selected Changes	Click this button to roll back the changes in the selected file.
	History Up to Here	Click this button to open the History tab for the selected file that lets you explore the history of all file revisions.
	Group By	Click to choose how you want to group modified files: by directory and/or module.
	Configure Layout	Click to enable the following options: Show Details: show the Commit details pane. Show Diff Preview: open the Preview Diff pane where you can explore the differences between the selected modified file and its repository version.
	Expand All/Collapse All `Ctrl+NumPad Plus`	Click this button to expand/collapse all nodes. Note that these buttons are only available only when tree-view is enabled.

Context menu commands

Besides the options available on the toolbar, the following commands can be accessed using the context menu.

Item	Description	Available in
Show Diff `Ctrl+D`	Click to open the Differences viewer for files where you can compare the current and the previous revision of the selected file.
Compare with Local	Use this command to compare the selected revision of the file with its current local revision.
Compare Before with Local	Use this command to compare the version of the file before the selected revision with its current local revision.
Edit Source `F4`	Click to open the local copy of the selected file for editing.
Open Repository Version	Click to open the repository version of the selected file for editing.
Revert Selected Changes	Click to roll back the changes in the selected file.
Apply Selected Changes	Click to apply the selected changes to the current branch (see Apply separate changes for details).
History Up to Here	Click this button to open the History tab for the selected file that lets you explore the history of all file revisions.
Show Changes to Parents	Use this command to display changes to both parents for a merge commit to review merge results, and see how exactly conflicts were resolved during a merge.	Git Mercurial

Commit Details

This area is displayed when the Show Details option is enabled.

This area shows the details on the commit selected in the Commits list, such as the commit message, hash, author, the link to the author's email, date, time, root and branches.

If the selected commit is contained in more than six branches, only the first six are displayed and the Show All link appears that you can click to expand a complete list of branches.

If a commit message references another commit, you can click this commit's hash to jump to it in the log.

Last modified: 28 February 2020

Log Tab

Commits Pane

Commits

Toolbar

Context menu commands

Changed files pane

Toolbar

Context menu commands

Commit Details