From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:23:51 GMT
Subject: Re: git whatchanged
Message-ID: <57ab19e2-9cc0-45bf-a3fe-c268c540a672@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALnivwfp+WTN3VKY1LQ+04OX0nwPSfKx4zyZDsCDeXg8ubEPqg@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Oct 31, 2025, at 09:02, Remke Schuurmans wrote:
> '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).