git version 2.51.0 told me to let you know that I still use the whatchanged command.
Please keep it. Thanks :)
-- Martin Stensgård
Re: whatchanged
On Sat, Feb 28, 2026, at 21:22, Martin Stensgård wrote:
> git version 2.51.0 told me to let you know that I still use the > whatchanged command. > > Please keep it. Thanks :)
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).
You can also set up an alias with that name on Git 2.52:
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 Git 2.52.