{"thread":{"id":"64925","subject":"Keep git whatchanged","startedAt":"2026-02-05T11:00:09Z","lastAt":"2026-02-05T11:13:27Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Sam Berney","Kristoffer Haugsbakk"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"535224","messageId":"106C80F0-C92E-4F23-9CCA-631AFF12AC65@samuelberney.com","threadId":"64925","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Keep git whatchanged","fromName":"Sam Berney","fromEmail":"sam@samuelberney.com","sentAt":"2026-02-05T10:59:53Z","receivedAt":"2026-02-05T11:00:09Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sam@samuelberney.com","avatar":null},"body":"To whom it may concern,\n\nI have no idea why anyone would want to remove `git whatchanged`. Can’t you count to see how many people use it or something? I’m going to keep using it till it stops working and then I’ll be grumpy. Don’t make me grumpy!\n\nSam Berney"},{"id":"535227","messageId":"1e8924cd-9e23-4fc5-b25f-9683da917b43@app.fastmail.com","threadId":"64925","inReplyTo":"106C80F0-C92E-4F23-9CCA-631AFF12AC65@samuelberney.com","subject":"Re: Keep git whatchanged","fromName":"Kristoffer Haugsbakk","fromEmail":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","sentAt":"2026-02-05T11:12:37Z","receivedAt":"2026-02-05T11:13:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Thu, Feb 5, 2026, at 11:59, Sam Berney wrote:\n> I have no idea why anyone would want to remove `git whatchanged`.\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 replace it with `git log` in this way:\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\n> Can’t you count to see how many people use it or something?\n\ngit(1) doesn’t have telemetry. Sending an email here is the telemtry. :)\n\n> I’m going to keep using it till it stops working and then I’ll be\n> grumpy. Don’t make me grumpy!\n"}]}