From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com>
To: "Lee Smith" <lee@dj-djl•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: I still use git whatchanged
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:56:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d5336a22-087e-41ab-abb5-900a45054ef4@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOFvV7=DjmWhdoRK=f7ON7gRzaHSGWct25SCo8T_34XBj6XFHw@mail.gmail.com>
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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2025-12-07 10:12 ` I still use git whatchanged Lee Smith
2025-12-07 11:56 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk [this message]
2026-01-05 18:05 Wayne Rowcliffe
2026-01-05 19:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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2025-11-15 3:16 Chia-Sheng Chang
2025-11-15 14:55 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-13 21:59 Samer Abdallah
2025-10-13 22:15 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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2025-10-14 7:10 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-09-29 8:42 Henrik Bennin
2025-09-29 8:58 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-09-29 14:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-26 12:42 Mira Skwar
2025-08-26 13:56 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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