Intellij Annotate Option Grayed Out

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I am trying to look at who changed a line in Intellij 15. I know I can use git blame but I want to learn how to do it correctly in intellij. I am right clicking on the line numbers on the file but when I get the context menu the annotate option is grayed out. What setting am I missing?

I looked at this page and couldn't find an answer. What am I missing?

Have you set the Version Control settings correctly for your project? — Bas Leijdekkers, Feb 05 '16 at 19:35
@BasLeijdekkers I like to think so but I would be open to suggestions of what I could do differently that would help. I tried to do a checkout and commit with intellij and it appeared to work — ford prefect, Feb 05 '16 at 20:42
i solved it by following answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33386397/4862911 — Ali Gürelli, Nov 26 '18 at 13:52

score 37 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 28 '16 at 01:26

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If you check File > Settings > Version Control and see that your current project is listed under "Unregistered Roots", go to (on the menubar) VCS > Enable Version Control Integration. It will ask you to select the VCS tool you use, then click ok and you'll have all the integrations working (including the annotate feature which uses git blame).

edited Jul 28 '16 at 01:26

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answered Jul 27 '16 at 18:18

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Checking ```File > Settings > Version Control``` was useful for me even after I had enabled integration, as the resolution of the root path involved a symlink. After adding the non symlinked path, it works as expected. – snapfractalpop Jan 30 '19 at 03:48
there is no "Enable Version Control Integration" in current version of IntelliJ. How to do it in current version? – eis Apr 08 '20 at 10:27
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ah, found it! I had to go to "File > Settings > Version Control", find the project with unregistered root and press a plus sign ("+"). After that, everything works. – eis Apr 08 '20 at 10:32

score 32 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '17 at 19:42

The answer by @activedecay let me in the right direction. In my case, I have a multi-module project - each has a separate git repo - but we're all in the same workspace.

In my case, Intellij IDEA 2017.2, the Preferences -> Version Control panel shows a listing of all the project roots. The module with the disabled "Annotate" option was in the "Unregistered Roots" section.

To fix the problem, I selected the module and pressed the "+" icon in the lower toolbar to register the module root with Intellij VCS. The change is immediate and the "Annotate" options becomes available.

abcdef123 · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-17T20:18:41.590

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Looks like its a fresh project. First configure the Version Control like Git and than commit at least once. After first commit Annotate option will not be grayed out.

Also update git for any new version.

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answered Feb 17 '16 at 20:11

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It didn't help for me anyway :( I have idea 2018.2 and git 2.19.0 and mac os 10.13 Git was downloaded with homebrew – Valerii Oct 02 '18 at 13:30

score 13 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 13 '17 at 22:43

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Your VCS is not enabled, hence the issue. Below is the solution for that:

Click on the VCS option in the menu bar
Enable VCS
Select your version control
Done, you should be able to use the annotate option.

answered Jun 13 '17 at 22:43

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score 12 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 20:31

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Make sure the file is tracked by version control
Add the project to "Version Control" settings

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Which option should I use for "VCS"? I don't see Subversion, which is what my repo uses. – JohnK Aug 10 '16 at 18:11
Turns out I needed to install the Subversion plugin. Works fine now. – JohnK Aug 11 '16 at 18:33

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 26 '18 at 10:25

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I had the same issue with the Annotate being greyed out however VCS was already set up. Editing the current VCS Directory Mapping fixed the issue for me.

Go to

Settings -> Version Control
Click on the current entry for your your application listed under projects.
Click the pen icon to edit it
Hit Ok, then ok to close the main dialog

answered Jun 26 '18 at 10:25

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For me, it was the git executable. it was not in the given path. had to change the path and then it worked. – ssi-anik Nov 02 '20 at 02:09

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered May 26 '17 at 17:45

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I the following two screen short will solve your problem: 1.

I hope after those steps you will be able to see who changed a line.

answered May 26 '17 at 17:45

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 19 '19 at 21:17

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Here are the steps i followed : Go to VCS -> Checkout from Version Control -> Git -> give the URL for your repository.

The annotate option will be enabled now.

answered Feb 19 '19 at 21:17

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 21 '18 at 13:03

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I had exactly the same issue and managed to solve it by updating git. The reason for that is that I have recent InteliJ Idea and an old 2.1.x git installed.

For Mac:

brew upgrade git
brew link git

followed by IDE restart.

answered Feb 21 '18 at 13:03

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 29 '19 at 13:42

Perhaps you did not check Git Integration while setting up a fresh installation of IntelliJ. It happened to me when I updated to a major release. When I was setting up the new program, I might have unchecked the Git Integration on the wizard installation.

In order to solve this for IntelliJ Community 2019.1, access File > Settings > Plugins, go to the tab Installed and make sure the plugin Git Integration is checked. You should restart the IDE in order to make the Annotate action work.

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 10 '20 at 19:26

I had the same issue, but my VCS settings were all configured properly. It turns out that git itself was considering the file as a brand new file and therefore didn't have any history for it. The file was actually not new, but simply renamed. While my rename changes were unstaged, git understood it as two separate files: a deletion of the old file and creation of a new file. However, once I git added the "deleted" file and the "new" file, git understood that it was actually a rename and IntelliJ was able to annotate on the file as expected.

I'm not sure why git didn't understand the rename when it was unstaged, but hopefully this helps someone!

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered May 21 '21 at 10:19

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Under the version control setting, make sure to remove any unregistered roots, I had a similar issue where there was a Unregistered roots entry was found, after removing this unwanted entry, I was able to annotate on file.

answered May 21 '21 at 10:19

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