How do I do an interactive reload with Intellij IDEA?

The redirect dialog in IntelliJ 12.1 uses the most general version of the rebase command:

git rebase [-i] [--onto newbase] [upstream] [branch]

      

        
        
        
      

    

where IntelliJ "Onto" matches --onto newbase

, IntelliJ "From" matches upstream, and IntelliJ "Branch" matches branch.

In the above git rebase command all parameters are optional, while in IntelliJ they are not. This means that you have to accept the git rebase command and express it using the general form shown above.

Note that what you actually do with the arguments to the rebase command determines the range of commits that will be replayed to the new target location. Usually a range upstream..branch

. If you are not familiar with commit ranges, you should read them.

Take a look at your example and assume you are on a branch:

git rebase -i HEAD~4

      

        
        
        
      

    

Let's first determine which range. Since you only have one argument HEAD~4

, this is ascending, i.e. Range HEAD~4..branch

or, in other words, HEAD~4..HEAD

on a branch of a branch. The question is, what is your purpose of --onto. If you avoid --onto

, then git assumes that your upstream is also yours --onto

.

This gives:

git rebase -i --onto HEAD~4 HEAD~4 branch

      

        
        
        
      

    

and now you can populate IntelliJ redirect dialog using

• On: HEAD~4
  
  
• From: HEAD~4
  
  
• Industry: branch
  
  

IntelliJ actually forces you to think first and identify your range and target, which looks more complicated but prevents you from doing a reinstall without knowing what the result will be.