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Re: git whatchanged

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KHKristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date
Oct 31, 2025, 08:23 UTC
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2025, at 09:02, Remke Schuurmans wrote:
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> '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-thi
>
> ;) I still use this one.

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).

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