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Re: Still use git whatchanged

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KHKristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
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Aug 25, 2025, 06:39 UTC
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2025, at 00:01, Monte Davidoff wrote:
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> I still use "git whatchanged".
>
> This is regarding the removal nomination message in git 2.51.0.
>
> Thanks,
> Monte
You can replace it with `git log`:

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

... with some caveats about timestamps? [1]
🔗 1: https://lore.kernel.org/git/877byxbtiw.fsf@gmail.com/
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Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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