{"thread":{"id":"64477","subject":"I still use whatchanged","startedAt":"2025-11-13T21:03:34Z","lastAt":"2025-11-14T07:31:44Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Eduard Bloch","Kristoffer Haugsbakk"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"530666","messageId":"aRZHpI7uvNeHTD63@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de","threadId":"64477","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"I still use whatchanged","fromName":"Eduard Bloch","fromEmail":"edi@gmx.de","sentAt":"2025-11-13T21:03:32Z","receivedAt":"2025-11-13T21:03:34Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"edi@gmx.de","avatar":null},"body":"Yes, guys,\n\nthat may sound totally ridiculous but I want my normal \"git whatchanged\"\ncommand back.\n\nBecause calling it means typing \"git wh<tab>\". Just 6 keystrokes!\n\nAnd what is the replacement call? Jeez, this dumb message about\n\"--i-still-use-this\" should have mentioned that detail! Now I had to\ngoogle it which was not great UX in the first place.\n\nOkay, the replacement is apparently \"git log --ra<tab>\", at least 12\nkeystrokes. That is a clear downgrade. So, please bring \"whatchanged\"\nshortcut back. You may print scary warnings about eating my dogs for\nbreakfast or similar, I don't care.\n\nBR, Eduard.\n\n-- \nEvery great idea is worthless without someone to do the work. --Neil Williams\n"},{"id":"530685","messageId":"447ddfcd-b5b7-4047-aee3-496bc4c0c70e@app.fastmail.com","threadId":"64477","inReplyTo":"aRZHpI7uvNeHTD63@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de","subject":"Re: I still use whatchanged","fromName":"Kristoffer Haugsbakk","fromEmail":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","sentAt":"2025-11-14T07:31:23Z","receivedAt":"2025-11-14T07:31:44Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, at 22:03, Eduard Bloch wrote:\n> Yes, guys,\n>\n> that may sound totally ridiculous but I want my normal \"git whatchanged\"\n> command back.\n>\n> Because calling it means typing \"git wh<tab>\". Just 6 keystrokes!\n\nSince you specifically want the user experience of typing `git\nwhatchanged` or a prefix:\n\nYou can set up an alias with that name on Git 2.51.1 and 2.51.2.  (And\nlater Git 2.52.0 (soon released).)\n\n    git config set --global alias.whatchanged 'log --raw --no-merges'\n\nYou cannot do that on Git 2.51.0 since you cannot alias builtin\ncommands.  But you can alias deprecated builtin commands on\nthose versions.\n\n>\n> And what is the replacement call? Jeez, this dumb message about\n> \"--i-still-use-this\" should have mentioned that detail! Now I had to\n> google it which was not great UX in the first place.\n>\n> Okay, the replacement is apparently \"git log --ra<tab>\", at least 12\n> keystrokes.\n\nThe closest equivalent is `git log --raw --no-merges` (see above).\n\n> That is a clear downgrade. So, please bring \"whatchanged\"\n> shortcut back. You may print scary warnings about eating my dogs for\n> breakfast or similar, I don't care.\n"}]}