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Re: I still use git whatchanged

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WRWayne Rowcliffe <wrowclif@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 5, 2026, 19:26 UTC
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`git log --raw` looks to do what I need. Thanks.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 5, 2026, at 19:05, Wayne Rowcliffe wrote:
> > I tried using git whatchanged, which I use probably daily, and it said
> > I needed to send you an email that I use it.
> >
> > It's very handy for figuring out what files changed in a commit.
>
> 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 feding the output to another program).
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