# 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.

3 messages from 2025-10-09 to 2025-10-09. Participants: Justin Sherrill, Kristoffer Haugsbakk.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64284

## Justin Sherrill, 2025-10-09 20:53

Subject: 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
Message-ID: <a6067200-a7cf-4632-85f0-8c6bcd00a5c1@redhat.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a6067200-a7cf-4632-85f0-8c6bcd00a5c1%40redhat.com

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i recently got this message in my friendly git client:

$ git wcp data/aws/insights-prod/account.yml
'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

This is just me raising my hand as I still use this feature :)

-- 
Justin Sherrill
Content Sources Product Owner
Senior Principal Software Engineer


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## Kristoffer Haugsbakk, 2025-10-09 20:59

Subject: Re: 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
Message-ID: <dc5de1b6-db24-499a-bee3-3eb2208ae08b@app.fastmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/dc5de1b6-db24-499a-bee3-3eb2208ae08b%40app.fastmail.com
In-Reply-To: <a6067200-a7cf-4632-85f0-8c6bcd00a5c1@redhat.com>

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Good evening

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, at 22:53, Justin Sherrill wrote:
> i recently got this message in my friendly git client:
>
> $ git wcp data/aws/insights-prod/account.yml
> '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
>
> This is just me raising my hand as I still use this feature :)

This command is being removed because it was supplanted by git-log(1) a
long while ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with
different defaults.

You can replce 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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## Justin Sherrill, 2025-10-09 21:09

Subject: Re: 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
Message-ID: <bf5f59df-b390-411f-a187-c1da6cbfc1da@redhat.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/bf5f59df-b390-411f-a187-c1da6cbfc1da%40redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <dc5de1b6-db24-499a-bee3-3eb2208ae08b@app.fastmail.com>

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PERFECT!!! thank you :)

On 10/9/25 4:59 PM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> Good evening
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, at 22:53, Justin Sherrill wrote:
>> i recently got this message in my friendly git client:
>>
>> $ git wcp data/aws/insights-prod/account.yml
>> '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
>>
>> This is just me raising my hand as I still use this feature :)
> This command is being removed because it was supplanted by git-log(1) a
> long while ago. Both commands use the same machinery, just with
> different defaults.
>
> You can replce 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).
>
-- 
Justin Sherrill
Content Sources Product Owner
Senior Principal Software Engineer


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