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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-06-25 14:07:35 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-06-25 14:07:35 -0700 |
| commit | a5cc6a2bc526f5ffb427f8d8bb987af6e591c4e4 (patch) | |
| tree | edd79cbad2f7dd1e06ee106fae09137b9fa8c9e3 /Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc | |
| parent | The third batch (diff) | |
| parent | whatschanged: list it in BreakingChanges document (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'jc/you-still-use-whatchanged'
"git whatchanged" that is longer to type than "git log --raw"
which is its modern rough equivalent has outlived its usefulness
more than 10 years ago. Plan to deprecate and remove it.
* jc/you-still-use-whatchanged:
whatschanged: list it in BreakingChanges document
whatchanged: remove when built with WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES
whatchanged: require --i-still-use-this
tests: prepare for a world without whatchanged
doc: prepare for a world without whatchanged
you-still-use-that??: help deprecating commands for removal
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diff --git a/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc b/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc index 61bdd586b9..c6bd94986c 100644 --- a/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc +++ b/Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc @@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ These features will be removed. timeframe, in preference to its synonym "--annotate-stdin". Git 3.0 removes the support for "--stdin" altogether. +* 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 == Superseded features that will not be deprecated |