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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/6] whatschanged: list it in BreakingChanges document
Date: Fri,  2 May 2025 17:58:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250503005814.3030099-7-gitster@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250503005814.3030099-1-gitster@pobox.com>

This can be squashed into the previous step.  That is how our "git
pack-redundant" conversion did.

Theoretically, however, those who want to gauge the need to keep the
command by exposing their users to patches before this one may want
to wait until their experiment finishes before they formally say
"this will go away".  

This change is made into a separate patch from the previous step
precisely to help those folks.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc | 9 +++++++++
 Documentation/git-whatchanged.adoc | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc b/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc
index bdfad29d8a..f9026d004c 100644
--- a/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc
@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ references.
 +
 These features will be removed.
 
+* The git-whatchanged(1) command has outlived its usefulness more than
+  10 years ago, and takes more keystrokes to type than its rough
+  equivalent `git log --raw`.  We have nominated the command for
+  removal, have changed the command to refuse to work unless the
+  `--i-still-use-this` option is given, and asked the users to report
+  when they do so.  So far there hasn't been a single complaint.
++
+The command will be removed
+
 == Superseded features that will not be deprecated
 
 Some features have gained newer replacements that aim to improve the design in
diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.adoc b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.adoc
index d400b68d4b..d21484026f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.adoc
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [synopsis]
 git whatchanged <option>...
 
+WARNING
+-------
+`git whatchanged` has been deprecated and is scheduled for removal in
+a future version of Git, as it is merely `git log` with different
+default; `whatchanged` is not even shorter to type than `log --raw`.
+
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-- 
2.49.0-601-ga5925c3955


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-05-03  0:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-01 21:34 [PATCH 0/2] Nominating "whatchanged" for removal Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 21:34 ` [PATCH 1/2] you-still-use-that??: help deprecating commands " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 21:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] whatchanged: require --i-still-use-this Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 22:23   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 22:59 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Nominating "whatchanged" for removal Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 22:59   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] you-still-use-that??: help deprecating commands " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 22:59   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] whatchanged: require --i-still-use-this Junio C Hamano
2025-05-02  9:08     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-05-02 16:49       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-05  6:10         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-05-02  9:08   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Nominating "whatchanged" for removal Patrick Steinhardt
2025-05-02 16:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-03  0:58   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-03  0:58     ` [PATCH v3 1/6] you-still-use-that??: help deprecating commands " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 17:35       ` Elijah Newren
2025-05-03  0:58     ` [PATCH v3 2/6] doc: prepare for a world without whatchanged Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 17:36       ` Elijah Newren
2025-05-03  0:58     ` [PATCH v3 3/6] tests: " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-05  6:56       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-05-12 17:36       ` Elijah Newren
2025-05-03  0:58     ` [PATCH v3 4/6] whatchanged: require --i-still-use-this Junio C Hamano
2025-05-05  6:56       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-05-05 20:49         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-03  0:58     ` [PATCH v3 5/6] whatchanged: remove when built with WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES Junio C Hamano
2025-05-05  6:56       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-05-05 20:57         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-03  0:58     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-05-12 17:36       ` [PATCH v3 6/6] whatschanged: list it in BreakingChanges document Elijah Newren
2025-05-12 18:35         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 19:03     ` [PATCH v4 0/6] Nominating "whatchanged" for removal Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 19:03       ` [PATCH v4 1/6] you-still-use-that??: help deprecating commands " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 19:03       ` [PATCH v4 2/6] doc: prepare for a world without whatchanged Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 19:03       ` [PATCH v4 3/6] tests: " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 19:03       ` [PATCH v4 4/6] whatchanged: require --i-still-use-this Junio C Hamano
2025-05-14 13:38         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 19:03       ` [PATCH v4 5/6] whatchanged: remove when built with WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 19:03       ` [PATCH v4 6/6] whatschanged: list it in BreakingChanges document Junio C Hamano
2025-05-12 21:21       ` [PATCH v4 0/6] Nominating "whatchanged" for removal Elijah Newren
2025-05-12 22:42         ` Junio C Hamano

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