# Subject: Git console output told me to email you about "git whatchanged" so I am.

2 messages from 2025-10-08 to 2025-10-08. Participants: Nick Giampietro, Kristoffer Haugsbakk.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64278

## Nick Giampietro, 2025-10-08 19:28

Subject: Subject: Git console output told me to email you about "git whatchanged" so I am.
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This is not a spammy message I promise. I'm trying to do what you requested.

I use git whatchanged regularly, please do not remove it.

...Nick Giampietro
...Sr. Software Engineer

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## Kristoffer Haugsbakk, 2025-10-08 19:31

Subject: Re: Subject: Git console output told me to email you about "git whatchanged" so I am.
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On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, at 21:28, Nick Giampietro wrote:
> I use git whatchanged regularly, please do not remove it.

This command is being removed because git-log(1) supplanted it over 12
years ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with different
defaults.

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 (not feeding the output to another program).

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