Working with lots of git branches in 2017.1
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Since upgrading to 2017.1 I find it more difficult to work with git branches. The new "Git Branches" popup is very small.
I have 17 local branches and 54 remote branches.
In the past it was easier to find which of my local branches to trim out (old PRs), but now I have to scroll a lot to figure this out.
Is there a different view that I just don't know about for managing my branches?
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You could resize the branch widget and it will remember the size. Also, you could configure favorite branches and show only them.
Speed search is available in the widget as well - just start typing when the widget is opened.
Brilliant.
Is it possible to have favorites with with a pattern? I'd like to favorite all branches like user/christo/*
Unfortunately, only individual branches can be favorited at the moment. You could do it with a mouse, or with the Space button.
But looks like you want branches grouping - see https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-127468
The popup doesn't work that well. It contains two Git repositories.
It remembers the size of the popup, but not the position. When the popup opens it straddles two monitors. I work on my main center display and the window is offset almost the width of the right gutter so that a little bit of the popup is displayed on my right window.
If only I had seamless monitors.
The popup's size is remember, but since it contains two git repositories I still need to browse to a repository. When I browse to either of my repositories the new popup always opens with the same small size.
A workaround for me is to open two windows (one for each repositories' projects). The first popup is then the right one so at least the size is remembered.
See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-170608, please put your use-case there (2 repositories, which are not controlled synchronously)
And the issue with pop-up positioning should be fixed in 2017.2 : https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-169661