Problem:
Local Change List under PHPStorm is missing in the Git Tool
Solution:
From time to time I had the phenomenon that the local changelist (the files in my version control) was not visible as a tab in the Git tool. Since I always search forever until I find this option, I'm posting it here. On the one hand to save others the search and on the other hand the option is guaranteed to be set incorrectly again the next time I reinstall and I have to search again:
This is what it looks like if the Local Change List is available:
And this is what it looks like in PHPStorm's Git tool if the Local Change List is missing:
The solution to the puzzle is the setting. The option Version Control > Commit > Use non-modal commit interface must be inactive.
