My question is the opposite of:
which are about restoring old behavior for the "Commit" window and local changes.
IntelliJ 2020+ added a "Commit" tab on the upper left of the IDE. I don't know what I did to make it disappear, but how can I get it back?
Two settings control the commit tab: one for its interface and one for its window. You may need to perform either or both steps depending on the state of your intellij.
Use non-modal commit interface
Enable Commit tool window
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+,
) | Version Control | Commit, then enable Use non-modal commit interface
For quick access to almost anything in intellij (settings, code, VCS, etc), press Shift
twice to open the search anywhere window. Copy/paste above text to get directly to both settings. [credit @Marcelo]