Re: I still use this!

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Sep 30, 2025, 19:57 UTC
Message-ID: <43693ac1-e289-4e80-b74b-39e134ffb476@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAKu9fqx-fkOmKLby0mWU8D-T9vL1oY49kVLN2zWwhyfTUKSPsw@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025, at 20:49, Stephen Harding wrote:

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> I just encountered this:
>
> 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
> If you still use this command, please add an extra
> option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line
> and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail
> to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.
> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
>
>
> I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:
>
> which gwch
> gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium

It's being removed because git log supplanted it over 12 years ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with different defaults.

You should be able to replace that with git log in front instead, maybe with a --no-merges as well.

Cheers