Changed colours in Git panel

[jessicarod7]

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Describe your problem.

Since the 3.5.0 update, the colours used in the Git panel have changed. Now it seems that commits from the current branch are highlighted in #36324C (Macchiato flavour). This looks a little odd when the trunk branch is selected, as the entire panel appears with a purplish tint. Also, tag icons on the current branch fail to mask each other.

I kind of expected it to be the other way around, where the checked out branch appears the default colour, and other branches are more red/orange/purple (like how excluded directories are greyed out, or appeared orange before 3.5.0).

Attach screenshots.

Appearance when a feature branch is checked out (a073b8dc is the clicked commit):

Compared to the appearance of a trunk branch:

Tag icons on the current branch which do not mask each other. Once the commit is highlighted or selected, it appears normally.

What IDE(s) are you seeing the problem on?

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.1 (Ultimate Edition)

Any additional comments?

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[sgoudham]

Hey 👋,

This behaviour should be the same between 3.4.0 and 3.5.0, what did it look like in 3.4.0 for you?

[jessicarod7]

hi @sgoudham, I reinstalled 3.4.2 and it looks like it used a less contrasting colour before. Different repo, but the highlight color of the current branch was #26263A:

And here are the tags rendering properly:

[srcn]

The background color change happens if you toggle the "Highlight" > "Current Branch" from the View Options menu (the eye icon on the Git panel).