Re: Remove old forgotten command: whatchanged

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 9, 2013, 00:11 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPc5daXLzM1zG-6-mfddrSywzA=P3NB5Q9kJ6uEwAy-UWmqucg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ku1blo$5so$1@ger.gmane.org>

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>> The above section primarily explains the use of diff-tree and it was
>> appropriate back when git-whatchanged was a script.  The intent of
>> the whole document, not just this section, was to tickle the
>> curiousity of the users and encourage them to see how the above
>> "much more powerful" whatchanged was implemented by going to the
>> source.
>
> Well in this case you can say that the intent was successful since it made
> me read the source code ;)

No, it is a failure. "By going to the source" was meant for "git-whatchanged.sh" source, a scripted version of Porcelain, so that users can mimic what is done in their script.

Reading C source would not help them.