Turns out that this is not intentional behavior of IntelliJ but an unfortunate interaction with a bug in git. Had I been using a more recent version of git, it wouldn't be happening. https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-205601 Patched docs on the way eventually. Hopefully it's okay if my syntax is a bit off, I don't know AsciiDoc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments, is for the intended recipient(s) only, may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or proprietary and subject to important terms and conditions available at http://www.bankofamerica.com/emaildisclaimer. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message.