From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:12:37 GMT
Subject: Re: Keep git whatchanged
Message-ID: <1e8924cd-9e23-4fc5-b25f-9683da917b43@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <106C80F0-C92E-4F23-9CCA-631AFF12AC65@samuelberney.com>

On Thu, Feb 5, 2026, at 11:59, Sam Berney wrote:
> I have no idea why anyone would want to remove `git whatchanged`.

This command is being removed because it was supplanted by git-log(1) a
long while ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with
different defaults.

You can replace it with `git log` in this way:

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

Additionally for the sake of readability, you might have more
use for `--stat` or `--name-only` rather than `--raw` if you are only
reading the output (not feeding the output to another program).

> Can’t you count to see how many people use it or something?

git(1) doesn’t have telemetry. Sending an email here is the telemtry. :)

> I’m going to keep using it till it stops working and then I’ll be
> grumpy. Don’t make me grumpy!