Re: [PATCH 1/4] usage: help the user help themselves

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sep 3, 2025, 21:44 UTC
Message-ID: <20250903214415.GA1915988@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cQdwr-a_B++=2+q4mV8oZ7VLTYEQ9wnVP84jFYkTHFtHw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 05:21:47PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:

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> > I've seen  "troubleshooting" questions from git users
> > who got one of those long and well-described Hints
> > like e.g. detached head and default git init branch
> > when either the msg already spelled eveything out
> > or the msg was purely informational.
> 
> I didn't spell it out above, but what I had in mind was something very
> simple... not at all ong and detailed; for instance:
> 
>    For interactive use, define a Git alias `git whatchanged`
>    which runs `git log --raw --no-merges`.

I think that is good advice, but... it won't do anything until we actually drop the whatchanged command, since until then we'll refuse to override the command (even the crippled --i-still-use-this one).

We'd need something like the patch here:

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/20250830022718.GB567900@coredump.intra.peff.net/

-Peff