# I still use git whatchanged

2 messages from 2025-12-07 to 2025-12-07. Participants: Lee Smith, Kristoffer Haugsbakk.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64590

## Lee Smith, 2025-12-07 10:12

Subject: I still use git whatchanged
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I use this regularly, despite learning git after git log was added.
Remembering all the different options is hard so it's useful to have shortcuts.

If it's difficult to maintain I can understand why you might want to
remove it but I recommend adjusting the message that is shown to
suggest adding an alias instead.

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## Kristoffer Haugsbakk, 2025-12-07 11:56

Subject: Re: I still use git whatchanged
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On Sun, Dec 7, 2025, at 11:12, Lee Smith wrote:
> I use this regularly, despite learning git after git log was added.

The closest equivalent is `git log --raw --no-merges`.

> Remembering all the different options is hard so it's useful to have
> shortcuts.

The thing about this command is that the `--raw` output is pretty noisy
for interactive use. Why not something “prettier” like `--stat` or
`--name-only`?

Well, anyway. It’s not like any workflow or preference is wrong.

> If it's difficult to maintain I can understand why you might want to
> remove it but I recommend adjusting the message that is shown to
> suggest adding an alias instead.

Sure. You can use the command name as an alias on Git 2.51.2 and 2.52.0.

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

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