Git Whatchanged Command

Documentation/git-whatchanged.adoc

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git-whatchanged(1)
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NAME
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git-whatchanged - Show logs with differences each commit introduces


SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git whatchanged' <option>...

DESCRIPTION
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Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces.

New users are encouraged to use linkgit:git-log[1] instead.  The
`whatchanged` command is essentially the same as linkgit:git-log[1]
but defaults to showing the raw format diff output and skipping merges.

The command is primarily kept for historical reasons; fingers of
many people who learned Git long before `git log` was invented by
reading the Linux kernel mailing list are trained to type it.


Examples
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`git whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::

	Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed
	any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories

`git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::

	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
	The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
	'gitk'

GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite

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Title: Git Whatchanged Command

Summary

The git-whatchanged command shows commit logs and diff output for each commit, similar to git-log, but defaults to raw format diff output and skips merges, primarily kept for historical reasons to maintain compatibility with older Git usage, and provides options for filtering and displaying changes, such as showing patches for specific commits or time ranges.