Re: git whatchanged --i-still-use-it

From: Antoine Cousson <antoine.cousson@protonmail.com>
Date: Mar 3, 2026, 19:56 UTC
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> Then perhaps you would like "git log --stat" even better?  Instead

of meaningless pair of hexadecimal object names, you'd get a sense of the size of damage each commit causes to the codebase.

I have tested "git log --stat" and I really liked the display, thanks for the tips

I agree that i was not looking at the hexadecimal but more to the names of the file, the visual representation og the changes and the numbers are great !

> Yes, on Git v2.51.1, Git 2.52 or higher.

I am on v2.43.0 I will update thanks

Le mardi 3 mars 2026 à 7:17 PM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> a écrit :

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> On Tue, Mar 3, 2026, at 19:03, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >[snip]
> > The command is going away.  You could
> >
> >   $ git config alias.whatchanged "log --raw --no-merges"
> >
> > if you really prefer the ugly hexadecimal gibberish, though.
>

> Yes, on Git v2.51.1, Git 2.52 or higher.
>