From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:02:33 GMT
Subject: Re: I still use this!
Message-ID: <xmqqldlv4skm.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAKu9fqx-fkOmKLby0mWU8D-T9vL1oY49kVLN2zWwhyfTUKSPsw@mail.gmail.com>

Stephen Harding <stharding@gmail.com> writes:

> I just encountered this:
>
> 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
> If you still use this command, please add an extra
> option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line
> and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail
> to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.
> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
>
>
> I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:
>
> which gwch
> gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium
>
> and apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an
> actual human really do use that ...

It is not about proving, and sending an email will not change our
plan, but it gives users an opportunity to tell us a use case where
no possible workaround exists, which we haven't anticipated.

You can change your alias to

    git log --no-merges -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium

and should get output identical to what you are getting.  Also, I
think "--pretty=medium" is the default.