{"thread":{"id":"64228","subject":"I still use this!","startedAt":"2025-09-30T18:49:30Z","lastAt":"2025-10-03T16:38:49Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Stephen Harding","Kristoffer Haugsbakk","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"527647","messageId":"CAKu9fqx-fkOmKLby0mWU8D-T9vL1oY49kVLN2zWwhyfTUKSPsw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"64228","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"I still use this!","fromName":"Stephen Harding","fromEmail":"stharding@gmail.com","sentAt":"2025-09-30T18:49:16Z","receivedAt":"2025-09-30T18:49:30Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"stharding@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"I just encountered this:\n\n'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.\nIf you still use this command, please add an extra\noption, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line\nand let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail\nto <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.\nfatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this\n\n\nI use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:\n\nwhich gwch\ngwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium\n\nand apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an\nactual human really do use that ...\n\n\ncheers,\nStephen\n"},{"id":"527652","messageId":"43693ac1-e289-4e80-b74b-39e134ffb476@app.fastmail.com","threadId":"64228","inReplyTo":"CAKu9fqx-fkOmKLby0mWU8D-T9vL1oY49kVLN2zWwhyfTUKSPsw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: I still use this!","fromName":"Kristoffer Haugsbakk","fromEmail":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","sentAt":"2025-09-30T19:57:23Z","receivedAt":"2025-09-30T19:57:45Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Tue, Sep 30, 2025, at 20:49, Stephen Harding wrote:\n> I just encountered this:\n>\n> 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.\n> If you still use this command, please add an extra\n> option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line\n> and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail\n> to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.\n> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this\n>\n>\n> I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:\n>\n> which gwch\n> gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium\n\nIt's being removed because git log supplanted\nit over 12 years ago. Both commands use the\nsame machinery, just with different defaults.\n\nYou should be able to replace that with git log\nin front instead, maybe with a --no-merges as well.\n\nCheers\n"},{"id":"527661","messageId":"xmqqldlv4skm.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"64228","inReplyTo":"CAKu9fqx-fkOmKLby0mWU8D-T9vL1oY49kVLN2zWwhyfTUKSPsw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: I still use this!","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2025-09-30T20:02:33Z","receivedAt":"2025-09-30T20:02:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Stephen Harding <stharding@gmail.com> writes:\n\n> I just encountered this:\n>\n> 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.\n> If you still use this command, please add an extra\n> option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line\n> and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail\n> to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.\n> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this\n>\n>\n> I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:\n>\n> which gwch\n> gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium\n>\n> and apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an\n> actual human really do use that ...\n\nIt is not about proving, and sending an email will not change our\nplan, but it gives users an opportunity to tell us a use case where\nno possible workaround exists, which we haven't anticipated.\n\nYou can change your alias to\n\n    git log --no-merges -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium\n\nand should get output identical to what you are getting.  Also, I\nthink \"--pretty=medium\" is the default.\n\n\n\n"},{"id":"527886","messageId":"CAKu9fqysTdO5Q_K68pR=QwdTpaL=tkx94Vmu3jSvbWb0dt6h8Q@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"64228","inReplyTo":"xmqqldlv4skm.fsf@gitster.g","subject":"Re: I still use this!","fromName":"Stephen Harding","fromEmail":"stharding@gmail.com","sentAt":"2025-10-03T16:38:34Z","receivedAt":"2025-10-03T16:38:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"stharding@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Thanks for the tip!\n\nOn Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:\n>\n> Stephen Harding <stharding@gmail.com> writes:\n>\n> > I just encountered this:\n> >\n> > 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.\n> > If you still use this command, please add an extra\n> > option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line\n> > and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail\n> > to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.\n> > fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this\n> >\n> >\n> > I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:\n> >\n> > which gwch\n> > gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium\n> >\n> > and apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an\n> > actual human really do use that ...\n>\n> It is not about proving, and sending an email will not change our\n> plan, but it gives users an opportunity to tell us a use case where\n> no possible workaround exists, which we haven't anticipated.\n>\n> You can change your alias to\n>\n>     git log --no-merges -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium\n>\n> and should get output identical to what you are getting.  Also, I\n> think \"--pretty=medium\" is the default.\n>\n>\n>\n"}]}