# git whatchanged

3 messages from 2025-09-10 to 2025-09-10. Participants: Jose Jaramillo, Kristoffer Haugsbakk.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64124

## Jose Jaramillo, 2025-09-10 20:49

Subject: git whatchanged
Message-ID: <2d12d261-ae8d-4cff-8c46-b81172fe6c77@app.fastmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2d12d261-ae8d-4cff-8c46-b81172fe6c77%40app.fastmail.com

```
I still use this! ~J

```

## Kristoffer Haugsbakk, 2025-09-10 21:03

Subject: Re: git whatchanged
Message-ID: <acc2d65c-a050-4792-be3c-83a00810f105@app.fastmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/acc2d65c-a050-4792-be3c-83a00810f105%40app.fastmail.com
In-Reply-To: <2d12d261-ae8d-4cff-8c46-b81172fe6c77@app.fastmail.com>

```
Hi

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025, at 22:49, Jose Jaramillo wrote:
> I still use this! ~J

You can replace it with `git log`:

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

And get basically the same output.

Or you can use some more modern options to git-log(1) that are more
likely to be suitable for your needs:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq8qimrrxo.fsf@gitster.g/T/#md4350a5c8cd15dc5515f140f8a4d65cd86843584

-- 
Kristoffer Haugsbakk

```

## Jose Jaramillo, 2025-09-10 21:15

Subject: Re: git whatchanged
Message-ID: <25f1da6b-75af-4255-8367-3fb6a4f778e6@app.fastmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/25f1da6b-75af-4255-8367-3fb6a4f778e6%40app.fastmail.com
In-Reply-To: <acc2d65c-a050-4792-be3c-83a00810f105@app.fastmail.com>

```
That's super helpful, thank you!

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025, at 2:03 PM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2025, at 22:49, Jose Jaramillo wrote:
> > I still use this! ~J
> 
> You can replace it with `git log`:
> 
> • Given: `git whatchanged <opts>`
> • Replace with: `git log <opts> --no-merges --raw`
> 
> And get basically the same output.
> 
> Or you can use some more modern options to git-log(1) that are more
> likely to be suitable for your needs:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq8qimrrxo.fsf@gitster.g/T/#md4350a5c8cd15dc5515f140f8a4d65cd86843584
> 
> -- 
> Kristoffer Haugsbakk
> 

```