In previous versions of IDEA I was able to set how many days back the Local History feature would keep the changes in the source files. For some reason, I cannot find this in IDEA 11.1.3, and local history is kept less about a day back. I think I went through all the settings, but can't find where I can increase this value. Does anyone know where I might find it?
Thanks!
Modify bin\idea.exe.vmoptions
(idea.vmoptions
on Linux, Info.plist on Mac), add the following line:
-DlocalHistory.daysToKeep=5
It was the only configurable option removed from the settings user interface.
Another way is to use Help
| Find Action
, type Registry in the box, ensure that Include non-menu actions
option is enabled, select the Registry result from the list, press Enter:
Note that the default value is 5 working days.