# Still use git whatchanged

3 messages from 2025-08-24 to 2025-08-25. Participants: Monte Davidoff, Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64027

## Monte Davidoff, 2025-08-24 22:01

Subject: Still use git whatchanged
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I still use "git whatchanged".

This is regarding the removal nomination message in git 2.51.0.

Thanks,
Monte


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## Kristoffer Haugsbakk, 2025-08-25 06:39

Subject: Re: Still use git whatchanged
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2025, at 00:01, Monte Davidoff wrote:
> I still use "git whatchanged".
>
> This is regarding the removal nomination message in git 2.51.0.
>
> Thanks,
> Monte

You can replace it with `git log`:

• Given: `git whatchanged <opts>`
• Replace with: `git log <opts> --no-merges --raw`

... with some caveats about timestamps? [1]

🔗 1: https://lore.kernel.org/git/877byxbtiw.fsf@gmail.com/

-- 
Kristoffer Haugsbakk

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## Junio C Hamano, 2025-08-25 15:47

Subject: Re: Still use git whatchanged
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"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 25, 2025, at 00:01, Monte Davidoff wrote:
>> I still use "git whatchanged".
>>
>> This is regarding the removal nomination message in git 2.51.0.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Monte
>
> You can replace it with `git log`:
>
> • Given: `git whatchanged <opts>`
> • Replace with: `git log <opts> --no-merges --raw`
>
> ... with some caveats about timestamps? [1]

Not timestamps but about elimination of single-parent empty commits,
I think?

>
> 🔗 1: https://lore.kernel.org/git/877byxbtiw.fsf@gmail.com/

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