threads / discuss / 63982

Jenkins still uses 'git whatchanged'

Subject: Jenkins still uses 'git whatchanged'

## tl;dr

3 messages between Aug 18, 2025 and Aug 19, 2025.

replies: 2people: 2as markdown or json

Mark Waite· Aug 18, 2025, 23:45 UTC · lore

Git 2.51.0 has deprecated the 'whatchanged' command. The git client plugin for Jenkins still uses the "git whatchanged" command to generate its changelog.

I hope to release a replacement soon, but am only starting the implementation now.

Mark Waite

Message sent as requested by git 2.51.0

'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

Junio C Hamano· Aug 19, 2025, 01:52 UTC · re: Mark Waite · lore

Re: Jenkins still uses 'git whatchanged'

Mark Waite <mark.earl.waite@gmail.com> writes:

Show 17 quoted lines

> Git 2.51.0 has deprecated the 'whatchanged' command.  The git client
> plugin for Jenkins still uses the "git whatchanged" command to generate
> its changelog.
>
> I hope to release a replacement soon, but am only starting the
> implementation now.
>
> Mark Waite
>
> Message sent as requested by git 2.51.0
>
> '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

Thanks for letting us know.

Please note that "--i-still-use-this" is merely for you to buy some time while you update your ware to rewrite your use of whatchanged with something else (probably "git log --raw" with some other options). When you update to Git 3.0, whose release date is not yet even known, whatchanged will no longer be available with or without that option.

Unless we hear so many reports from those who needed to work around with "--i-still-use-this" and realize that removal of that command is unfeasible, that is.

Thanks again.

Mark Waite· Aug 19, 2025, 03:00 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

Re: Jenkins still uses 'git whatchanged'

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

Show 9 quoted lines

>
> Thanks for letting us know.
>
> Please note that "--i-still-use-this" is merely for you to buy some
> time while you update your ware to rewrite your use of whatchanged
> with something else (probably "git log --raw" with some other
> options).  When you update to Git 3.0, whose release date is not yet
> even known, whatchanged will no longer be available with or without
> that option.

Thanks very much. The implementation is looking good. I expect the new release of the git client plugin will be ready this week. The code changes were simple and the test results are all positive.

Mark Waite