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I want to write a small backup script that would take my shelf changes in IntelliJ from my local drive and put them on a network drive. But I can't locate the path to where these are stored on my local drive.

Any ideas?

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Instead of giving the fish, here is how to fish:

  1. Find an action item: ⌘ +Shift+A (on a Mac) or Ctrl +Shift+A (on Windows/Linux)
  2. Type "change shelve"enter image description here
  3. Check the location where it is being storedenter image description here
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For me it's $user.home/.IntelliJIdea90/config/shelf

I'm not sure if that changes on OSX or not. It seems like it might be different, but once you find the .IntelliJIdea90 directory, it's in /config/shelf.

Update for comment Here is my .IntelliJIdea80/config/shelf directory after shelving some changes in 8.1.3:

skrall@skralldesktop:~/.IntelliJIdea80/config/shelf$ ls
AnotherTestOfshelving.patch
skrall@skralldesktop:~/.IntelliJIdea80/config/shelf$

I'll startup my Windows VM and see if it's the same place on Windows.

Update With Windows

Same place. This is Vista, so it's C:\Users\skrall\.IntelliJ90\config\shelf Can you search your local hard drive for a directory named shelf? Or, if that doesn't work, search for *.patch

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  • NOPE - I use WIndows XP and IntelliJIdea80 folder in my user's folder doesn't have a config/shelf subfolder. I do have there code changes shelf so it must be stored somewhere, right?
    – goe
    Commented Apr 21, 2010 at 14:10
  • I loaded up my version of 8.1.3. It's in config/shelf for me.
    – Steve K
    Commented Apr 21, 2010 at 14:22
  • I don't have that path at all. Is there any way to check in IntelliJ what that path is defined as?
    – goe
    Commented Apr 21, 2010 at 14:37
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    In Intellij 14, they are stored within your project under $PROJECT_HOME/.idea/shelf
    – Stefan
    Commented Apr 9, 2015 at 9:27
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    I seems to have changed - I see some old shelves in my old idea folders: $HOME/.IntelliJIdea15/config/shelf/ (already v. 15 but probably from EAP times), but all new ones are in $PROJECT_HOME/.idea/shelf.
    – botchniaque
    Commented Feb 24, 2016 at 14:50
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IntelliJ IDEA 15 on linux, shelved changes seem to be stored as individual files in the project directory, under the .shelf directory.

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  • Also applies to Intellij 16 on Windows
    – kyiu
    Commented Apr 13, 2017 at 9:25
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Idea can also store shelved changes in <projectFolder>/.idea/shelf/ directory. Try to check this option.

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  • This is perfect answer for windows machines!
    – Kushal
    Commented Sep 6, 2018 at 4:23
  • True for Macos too!
    – LGenzelis
    Commented Oct 3, 2023 at 22:07
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For IntelliJ 10 on mac, for me its in ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea10/Shelf

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  • Now changed to ~/Library/Preferences/IdeaIC11/shelf
    – Martin
    Commented May 28, 2012 at 20:10
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IntelliJ IDEA 12 on Mac, stores them in ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea12/shelf/*.patch

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IntelliJ IDEA 12 on Windows7, default location 

%UserHome%\.IdeaIC12\config\shelf\*.patch

i.e. _IDE_config_folder_\shelf\*.patch

Note non default IDE config folder location can be looked up in _IDEA_HOME_\bin\idea.properties idea.config.path=${user.home}/.IdeaIC/config

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