I still use this!

I still use this!

[Stephen Harding]

I just encountered this:

'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
If you still use this command, please add an extra
option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line
and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail
to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.
fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this


I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:

which gwch
gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium

and apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an
actual human really do use that ...


cheers,
Stephen

Re: I still use this!

[Kristoffer Haugsbakk]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025, at 20:49, Stephen Harding wrote:
> I just encountered this:
>
> 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
> If you still use this command, please add an extra
> option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line
> and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail
> to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.
> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
>
>
> I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:
>
> which gwch
> gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium

It's being removed because git log supplanted
it over 12 years ago. Both commands use the
same machinery, just with different defaults.

You should be able to replace that with git log
in front instead, maybe with a --no-merges as well.

Cheers

Re: I still use this!

[Junio C Hamano]

Stephen Harding <stharding@gmail.com> writes:

> I just encountered this:
>
> 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
> If you still use this command, please add an extra
> option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line
> and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail
> to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.
> fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
>
>
> I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:
>
> which gwch
> gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium
>
> and apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an
> actual human really do use that ...

It is not about proving, and sending an email will not change our
plan, but it gives users an opportunity to tell us a use case where
no possible workaround exists, which we haven't anticipated.

You can change your alias to

    git log --no-merges -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium

and should get output identical to what you are getting.  Also, I
think "--pretty=medium" is the default.

Re: I still use this!

[Stephen Harding]

Thanks for the tip!

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Stephen Harding <stharding@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I just encountered this:
> >
> > 'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal.
> > If you still use this command, please add an extra
> > option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line
> > and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail
> > to <git@vger.kernel.org>.  Thanks.
> > fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this
> >
> >
> > I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:
> >
> > which gwch
> > gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium
> >
> > and apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an
> > actual human really do use that ...
>
> It is not about proving, and sending an email will not change our
> plan, but it gives users an opportunity to tell us a use case where
> no possible workaround exists, which we haven't anticipated.
>
> You can change your alias to
>
>     git log --no-merges -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium
>
> and should get output identical to what you are getting.  Also, I
> think "--pretty=medium" is the default.
>
>
>

I still use this!

[wafkse]

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Yes, I still use `git whatchanged`. 

In fact, its one of the first or the first git command I run after pulling from a remote.

Please do not make it go! My muscle memory is too used to it to migrate to `git log`...

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Re: I still use this!

[Kristoffer Haugsbakk]

On Mon, Sep 1, 2025, at 00:21, wafkse@proton.me wrote:
> Yes, I still use `git whatchanged`.
>
> In fact, its one of the first or the first git command I run after
> pulling from a remote.
>
> Please do not make it go! My muscle memory is too used to it to
> migrate to `git log`...

Relevant email about allowing aliases to shadow deprecated commands:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/20250830022718.GB567900@coredump.intra.peff.net/

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KH