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Re: Subject: Git console output told me to email you about "git whatchanged" so I am.

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KHKristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
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Oct 8, 2025, 19:31 UTC
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On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, at 21:28, Nick Giampietro wrote:
> I use git whatchanged regularly, please do not remove it.

This command is being removed because git-log(1) supplanted it over 12 years ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with different defaults.

You can replace it with `git log`:

• 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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  1. Nick GiampietroOct 8, 2025
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 8, 2025

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