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From: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail•com>
To: James Puleo <james@jame•xyz>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: git whatchanged: fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:36:28 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <81760BFC-9F41-4BEC-BC32-7D0C2180AD0D@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d94afaec66f8ab8058764cee08e9dd56435dd667.camel@jame.xyz>

> Le 19 sept. 2025 à 16:00, James Puleo <james@jame•xyz> a écrit :
> 
> Hello World,
> 
> I have git version 2.51.0. I encountered today entirely on my own this
> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
> 
> Why I was using this command: There is a bit of code I wrote in a file
> since deleted (from the tree). I knew the path but not whichever ref
> last had the file I was looking for.

In that case:

   git log -- path/to/deleted/file

(or rev-list?) would get you there quickly.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-09-20  0:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-19 19:24 git whatchanged: fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this James Puleo
2025-09-19 19:43 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
     [not found]   ` <20250922000127.al45qxhhq4w3o27f@jame.xyz>
2025-09-22  7:30     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-09-20  0:36 ` Ben Knoble [this message]

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