diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index b6f0c5ac1ff5..476cf4f55849 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ git.force.commit.using.staging.area=true
 git.force.commit.using.staging.area.description=When enabled, perform all git commits by updating staging area. If disabled, use `git commit --only` when possible.
 git.clone.recurse.submodules=true
 git.clone.recurse.submodules.description=When enabled, Checkout from Git calls `git clone --recurse-submodules`, i.e. clones the main repository with all submodules if there are any.
-git.compare.branches.as.tab=false
+git.compare.branches.as.tab=true
 git.compare.branches.as.tab.description=Compares branches by showing a log tab filtered by `HEAD..branch` instead of showing a dialog.
 git.read.content.with.textconv=false
 git.read.content.with.textconv.description=Apply `textconv` transformations when reading file content from git. (overrides "git.read.content.with.filters" option)