Any way to disable refresh when applying changes in file compare?

I'm comparing a file (a build.gradle in a subproject, if it matters) with local history to selectively undo a few changes.  Every time I apply a change from history to my current version, it refreshes the compare and kicks me back up to the top, loosing my place and forcing me to walk back through the changes I already looked at but chose not to revert.  Is there some way to disable the automatic refresh in the compare.  Better still, don't save until I'm all done.  (EDIT: this appears to only happen with build.gradle files.)

Thanks.

IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3.2
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