I still use git whatchanged

Chia-Sheng Chang· Nov 15, 2025, 03:16 UTC · lore

Hi Git team,

I still use git whatchanged command.

Best regards,

Chia-Sheng Chang

Kristoffer Haugsbakk· Nov 15, 2025, 14:55 UTC · re: Chia-Sheng Chang · lore

Re: I still use git whatchanged

On Sat, Nov 15, 2025, at 04:16, Chia-Sheng Chang wrote:

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> Hi Git team,
>
> I still use git whatchanged command.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chia-Sheng Chang

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 replace it with `git log` in this way:

• 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).