Problem when using "Retrieve for Merge" option to retrieve full file..

[Omar]

Using “Retrieve for Merge” option does not properly work when used to retrieve files.

Step to Reproduce:

• Click on retrieve metadata.
• Select file to retrieve and click on “Retrieve for Merge”.
• In next screen, change the “synchronization arrow” so it points right (like in attached pic2)
• Click button “synchronize selected”.
• Somehow the destination path is wrongly created and the file is retrieved to weird folders (it seems it has a problem with the / character, attached pic3 )

Additional Info

• If I use the “Retrieve” option it works fine, the problem is only with “Retrieve for Merge”.
• It happens both for files already existent in local and those which does not still exist.
• It had been working fine for years, then the issue appeared some months ago for all my projects, since then I have been reviewing configuration but I have not found what could be causing the problem.
• No particular reason for it to appear, it took me several days to notice what was happening so not sure if it appeared after an upgrade in the version or something like that. However I do not mess with configuration so pretty sure I did change nothing manually.
• Since then, several upgrades on both Intellij and IC2 have been installed but the issue is still here for me.

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[Scott Wells]

Hi. I'm fairly certain that what you're seeing is a regression in the JetBrains IDEs' diff tool that was introduced in 2024.1:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-148470

That issue was merged as a duplicate against this one:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-99511

Based on the information there, it looks like JetBrains claimed that the issue was fixed, but users have reported it as not being fixed. Your experience here seems to support that assertion.

Can you please either add a comment in the second linked issue that it's still affecting you, or if you'd like, please provide the IDE build information from its About screen and I'll be happy to add a comment on your behalf.

[Scott Wells]

I'm going to resolve this here since I'm fairly certain that it's the linked JetBrains issue. If after looking at that you feel that it isn't, please feel free to reopen with additional information.