* I still use whatchanged
@ 2025-11-13 21:03 Eduard Bloch
2025-11-14 7:31 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Eduard Bloch @ 2025-11-13 21:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
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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* Re: I still use whatchanged
2025-11-13 21:03 I still use whatchanged Eduard Bloch
@ 2025-11-14 7:31 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2025-11-14 7:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eduard Bloch, git
On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, at 22:03, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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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