From: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:36:28 GMT
Subject: Re: git whatchanged: fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
Message-ID: <81760BFC-9F41-4BEC-BC32-7D0C2180AD0D@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <d94afaec66f8ab8058764cee08e9dd56435dd667.camel@jame.xyz>

> Le 19 sept. 2025 à 16:00, James Puleo <james@jame.xyz> a écrit :
> 
> Hello World,
> 
> I have git version 2.51.0. I encountered today entirely on my own this
> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
> 
> Why I was using this command: There is a bit of code I wrote in a file
> since deleted (from the tree). I knew the path but not whichever ref
> last had the file I was looking for.

In that case:

   git log -- path/to/deleted/file

(or rev-list?) would get you there quickly.