Re: git whatchanged
- From
- Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
- Date
- Aug 20, 2025, 20:58 UTC
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- <790a24b0-a799-44dd-b97d-c4c24e5d23a8@app.fastmail.com>
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- <xmqqfrdmaqg4.fsf@gitster.g>
On Wed, Aug 20, 2025, at 18:49, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Your alias with the same name as a real command is silently ignored, > and when the real command disappears, it will start working.
That’s what I intended to mean.
> Having said that, as "log --raw" is even shorter to type than > "whatchanged", these people are really better off without such an > alias.
I’m wondering based on the emails so far if the error message should spell out that (1) you can help yourself beyond reporting i-still-use-this and specifically that (2) there is a git-log(1) equivalent (like git-whatchanged(1) says).
The message itself reads like it could be read like: tell us and we might put the brakes on removing it (and that’s it).
-- still my