From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:31:16 GMT
Subject: Re: git whatchanged -- yes, I still use this
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On Sun, Oct 5, 2025, at 04:14, Jeffery Carr wrote:
> If you are going to remove it, "alias" it to something.

Git doesn’t have built-in aliases, if you mean Git aliases more
literally.  If not then it already acts as a sort of alias, I guess.

> alternatively, I guess I'll make "git-whatchanged" binary to do it.

This command is being removed because git-log(1) supplanted it over 12
years ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with different
defaults.

Here’s how to replace it with git-log(1):

• 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).

> I'd also suggest, instead of the message:
>
>[snip]
> add to the message:
>
> <run this instead>

This is coming in the next versions.