{"thread":{"id":"64284","subject":"'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.","startedAt":"2025-10-09T20:53:10Z","lastAt":"2025-10-09T21:09:32Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Justin Sherrill","Kristoffer Haugsbakk"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"528401","messageId":"a6067200-a7cf-4632-85f0-8c6bcd00a5c1@redhat.com","threadId":"64284","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.","fromName":"Justin Sherrill","fromEmail":"jsherril@redhat.com","sentAt":"2025-10-09T20:53:04Z","receivedAt":"2025-10-09T20:53:10Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jsherril@redhat.com","avatar":null},"body":"i recently got this message in my friendly git client:\n\n$ git wcp data/aws/insights-prod/account.yml\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\nThis is just me raising my hand as I still use this feature :)\n\n-- \nJustin Sherrill\nContent Sources Product Owner\nSenior Principal Software Engineer\n\n"},{"id":"528403","messageId":"dc5de1b6-db24-499a-bee3-3eb2208ae08b@app.fastmail.com","threadId":"64284","inReplyTo":"a6067200-a7cf-4632-85f0-8c6bcd00a5c1@redhat.com","subject":"Re: 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.","fromName":"Kristoffer Haugsbakk","fromEmail":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","sentAt":"2025-10-09T20:59:02Z","receivedAt":"2025-10-09T20:59:23Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Good evening\n\nOn Thu, Oct 9, 2025, at 22:53, Justin Sherrill wrote:\n> i recently got this message in my friendly git client:\n>\n> $ git wcp data/aws/insights-prod/account.yml\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> This is just me raising my hand as I still use this feature :)\n\nThis command is being removed because it was supplanted by git-log(1) a\nlong while ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with\ndifferent defaults.\n\nYou can replce it with `git log`:\n\n• Given: `git whatchanged <opts>`\n• Replace with: `git log <opts> --no-merges --raw`\n\nAdditionally for the sake of readability, you might have more\nuse for `--stat` or `--name-only` rather than `--raw` if you are only\nreading the output (not feeding the output to another program).\n"},{"id":"528405","messageId":"bf5f59df-b390-411f-a187-c1da6cbfc1da@redhat.com","threadId":"64284","inReplyTo":"dc5de1b6-db24-499a-bee3-3eb2208ae08b@app.fastmail.com","subject":"Re: 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.","fromName":"Justin Sherrill","fromEmail":"jsherril@redhat.com","sentAt":"2025-10-09T21:09:27Z","receivedAt":"2025-10-09T21:09:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jsherril@redhat.com","avatar":null},"body":"PERFECT!!! thank you :)\n\nOn 10/9/25 4:59 PM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:\n> Good evening\n>\n> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, at 22:53, Justin Sherrill wrote:\n>> i recently got this message in my friendly git client:\n>>\n>> $ git wcp data/aws/insights-prod/account.yml\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>> This is just me raising my hand as I still use this feature :)\n> This command is being removed because it was supplanted by git-log(1) a\n> long while ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with\n> different defaults.\n>\n> You can replce it with `git log`:\n>\n> • Given: `git whatchanged <opts>`\n> • Replace with: `git log <opts> --no-merges --raw`\n>\n> Additionally for the sake of readability, you might have more\n> use for `--stat` or `--name-only` rather than `--raw` if you are only\n> reading the output (not feeding the output to another program).\n>\n-- \nJustin Sherrill\nContent Sources Product Owner\nSenior Principal Software Engineer\n\n"}]}