* I still use git whatchanged
@ 2025-09-29 8:42 Henrik Bennin
2025-09-29 8:58 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Henrik Bennin @ 2025-09-29 8:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
May I ask not to remove git whatchanged because I still use it regularly?
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* Re: I still use git whatchanged
2025-09-29 8:42 I still use git whatchanged Henrik Bennin
@ 2025-09-29 8:58 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-09-29 14:16 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2025-09-29 8:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Henrik Bennin, git
On Mon, Sep 29, 2025, at 10:42, Henrik Bennin wrote:
> May I ask not to remove git whatchanged because I still use it regularly?
What the error message you got doesn’t say is that you can use
git-log(1) instead. It supports everything that git-whatchanged(1)
supports.
• 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.
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* Re: I still use git whatchanged
2025-09-29 8:58 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
@ 2025-09-29 14:16 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Junio C Hamano @ 2025-09-29 14:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kristoffer Haugsbakk; +Cc: git
"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2025, at 10:42, Henrik Bennin wrote:
>> May I ask not to remove git whatchanged because I still use it regularly?
>
> What the error message you got doesn’t say is that you can use
> git-log(1) instead. It supports everything that git-whatchanged(1)
> supports.
>
> • 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.
We probably should merge kh/you-still-use-whatchanged-fix to produce
Git 2.51.1 sooner.
Thanks.
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* I still use git whatchanged
@ 2026-01-05 18:05 Wayne Rowcliffe
2026-01-05 19:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Wayne Rowcliffe @ 2026-01-05 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
I tried using git whatchanged, which I use probably daily, and it said
I needed to send you an email that I use it.
It's very handy for figuring out what files changed in a commit.
-- Wayne Rowcliffe
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* Re: I still use git whatchanged
2026-01-05 18:05 Wayne Rowcliffe
@ 2026-01-05 19:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-05 19:26 ` Wayne Rowcliffe
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2026-01-05 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Wayne Rowcliffe, git
On Mon, Jan 5, 2026, at 19:05, Wayne Rowcliffe wrote:
> I tried using git whatchanged, which I use probably daily, and it said
> I needed to send you an email that I use it.
>
> It's very handy for figuring out what files changed in a commit.
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 feding the output to another program).
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* Re: I still use git whatchanged
2026-01-05 19:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
@ 2026-01-05 19:26 ` Wayne Rowcliffe
0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Wayne Rowcliffe @ 2026-01-05 19:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kristoffer Haugsbakk; +Cc: git
`git log --raw` looks to do what I need. Thanks.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM Kristoffer Haugsbakk
<kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2026, at 19:05, Wayne Rowcliffe wrote:
> > I tried using git whatchanged, which I use probably daily, and it said
> > I needed to send you an email that I use it.
> >
> > It's very handy for figuring out what files changed in a commit.
>
> 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 feding the output to another program).
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@ 2025-12-07 10:12 ` Lee Smith
2025-12-07 11:56 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Lee Smith @ 2025-12-07 10:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
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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2025-12-07 10:12 ` Lee Smith
@ 2025-12-07 11:56 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2025-12-07 11:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lee Smith, git
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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* I still use git whatchanged
@ 2025-11-15 3:16 Chia-Sheng Chang
2025-11-15 14:55 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Chia-Sheng Chang @ 2025-11-15 3:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: JONATHAN.CHANG 張嘉聖
Hi Git team,
I still use git whatchanged command.
Best regards,
Chia-Sheng Chang
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* Re: I still use git whatchanged
2025-11-15 3:16 Chia-Sheng Chang
@ 2025-11-15 14:55 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2025-11-15 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chia-Sheng Chang, git
On Sat, Nov 15, 2025, at 04:16, Chia-Sheng Chang wrote:
> Hi Git team,
>
> I still use git whatchanged command.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chia-Sheng Chang
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).
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* I still use git whatchanged
@ 2025-10-13 21:59 Samer Abdallah
2025-10-13 22:15 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Samer Abdallah @ 2025-10-13 21:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hello,
I still use git whatchanged.
Thank you.
Samer
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* Re: I still use git whatchanged
2025-10-13 21:59 Samer Abdallah
@ 2025-10-13 22:15 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-14 1:06 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2025-10-13 22:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Samer Abdallah, git
On Mon, Oct 13, 2025, at 23:59, Samer Abdallah wrote:
> I still use git whatchanged.
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).
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2025-10-13 22:15 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
@ 2025-10-14 1:06 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Junio C Hamano @ 2025-10-14 1:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kristoffer Haugsbakk; +Cc: git
"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025, at 23:59, Samer Abdallah wrote:
>> I still use git whatchanged.
>
> 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).
Thanks for fielding these repeated questions.
Let's do a maintenance release Git 2.51.1 very soon with your
kh/you-still-use-whatchanged-fix topic, together with other minor
documentation changes and probably a hdnful of ci related fixes.
We haven't had non-security maintenance releases for quite a while,
so I may need to remember and practice the procedure to cut one ;-)
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@ 2025-10-14 7:10 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk @ 2025-10-14 7:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Samer Abdallah; +Cc: git
On Tue, Oct 14, 2025, at 01:01, Samer Abdallah wrote:
> Hi Kristoffer,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
> I should have added that I use it to see the history of changes for the current
> file I’m editing, using the `-p` option and a file name argument, (and binding
> it to the command `:Ghist` in vim.)
>
> However, the following seems to produce the same output, as you suggested
>
> git log -p --no-merges —raw <filename>
Good. That’s great.
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* I still use git whatchanged
@ 2025-08-26 12:42 Mira Skwar
2025-08-26 13:56 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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From: Mira Skwar @ 2025-08-26 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that I still actively use the |git
whatchanged| command, so I’d appreciate if it remains available.
Thank you for maintaining Git!
Best regards,
Mira Skwar
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