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Re: whatchanged is super useful!

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KHKristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
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Sep 25, 2025, 21:54 UTC
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2025, at 23:44, Phil Hobbs wrote:
> I use git whatchanged all the time.  Please don't remove it!
It might be useful but everything it can do, git-log(1) can also do.
You can replace it with `git log` like so:

• Given: `git whatchanged <opts>` • Replace with: `git log <opts> --no-merges --raw`

Or you can replace `--raw` with more modern alternatives like `--name-only` or `--stat`.

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