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I still use whatchanged

Subject: I still use whatchanged

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2 messages between Nov 13, 2025 and Nov 14, 2025.

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Eduard Bloch· Nov 13, 2025, 21:03 UTC · lore
Yes, guys,

that may sound totally ridiculous but I want my normal "git whatchanged" command back.

Because calling it means typing "git wh<tab>". Just 6 keystrokes!

And what is the replacement call? Jeez, this dumb message about "--i-still-use-this" should have mentioned that detail! Now I had to google it which was not great UX in the first place.

Okay, the replacement is apparently "git log --ra<tab>", at least 12 keystrokes. That is a clear downgrade. So, please bring "whatchanged" shortcut back. You may print scary warnings about eating my dogs for breakfast or similar, I don't care.

BR, Eduard.
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Kristoffer Haugsbakk· Nov 14, 2025, 07:31 UTC · re: Eduard Bloch · lore

Re: I still use whatchanged

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, at 22:03, Eduard Bloch wrote:
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> Yes, guys,
>
> that may sound totally ridiculous but I want my normal "git whatchanged"
> command back.
>
> Because calling it means typing "git wh<tab>". Just 6 keystrokes!

Since you specifically want the user experience of typing `git whatchanged` or a prefix:

You can set up an alias with that name on Git 2.51.1 and 2.51.2. (And later Git 2.52.0 (soon released).)

    git config set --global alias.whatchanged 'log --raw --no-merges'

You cannot do that on Git 2.51.0 since you cannot alias builtin commands. But you can alias deprecated builtin commands on those versions.

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>
> And what is the replacement call? Jeez, this dumb message about
> "--i-still-use-this" should have mentioned that detail! Now I had to
> google it which was not great UX in the first place.
>
> Okay, the replacement is apparently "git log --ra<tab>", at least 12
> keystrokes.
The closest equivalent is `git log --raw --no-merges` (see above).
> That is a clear downgrade. So, please bring "whatchanged"
> shortcut back. You may print scary warnings about eating my dogs for
> breakfast or similar, I don't care.

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