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Re: git whatchanged

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 26, 2025, 15:54 UTC
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"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:
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> Good morning
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025, at 03:00, Neal Miller wrote:
>> --i-still-use-this
>
> You can replace it with `git log`:
>
> • 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.

Additionally, "--no-merges" may not be of value that exceeds the cost of typing that many characters.

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