title: Git features in Intellij Idea not working
body: <p>I have a project that I have to import into Intellij Idea under a subdirectory of the git repo. The git repo is "myProject" and I need to checkout "myProject/projects/". When I do this, I can checkout branches inside Idea, but that is the only VCS functionality that appears to be working. I cannot annotate files or show history.</p>
  
  <p>I've had this issue in Idea 15 Ultimate as well as the new 16 RC. Currently using: </p>
  
  <p>IntelliJ IDEA (Minerva) IU-144.4199.23
  Build #IU-144.4199, built on February 19, 2016
  JRE: 1.8.0_72-b15 amd64
  JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by Oracle Corporation</p>