From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:54:39 GMT
Subject: Re: git whatchanged
Message-ID: <xmqqbjmxcips.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <7e3a5da4-0ac2-40ae-a96e-0e9a88a68d7e@app.fastmail.com>

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:

> 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.