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Re: whatchanged is super useful!

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PHPhil Hobbs <pcdhobbs@electrooptical.net>
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Sep 26, 2025, 00:10 UTC
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Fair enough, thanks. 
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> On Sep 25, 2025, at 17:55, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025, at 23:44, Phil Hobbs wrote:
>> I use git whatchanged all the time.  Please don't remove it!
> 
> It might be useful but everything it can do, git-log(1) can also do.
> 
> You can replace it with `git log` like so:
> 
> • Given: `git whatchanged <opts>`
> • Replace with: `git log <opts> --no-merges --raw`
> 
> Or you can replace `--raw` with more modern alternatives like
> `--name-only` or `--stat`.
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  3. Phil HobbsSep 26, 2025
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