Re: git whatchanged

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Oct 13, 2025, 13:47 UTC
Message-ID: <8a69ab15-9a4b-4fe9-91ae-86e73bc733e8@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABuAATb5bKG+CwPME4jPwJfizw0FE1w3kJre4b2a21UGv_8f+g@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025, at 14:44, Grzegorz Koperwas wrote:

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> I recently got this output from git:
>
>> '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-this
>
> I am letting you know, that I still use this command :)

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).