git-whatchanged - Show logs with differences each commit introduces
Contents
Description
Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces.
New users are encouraged to use git-log(1) instead. The whatchanged command is essentially the same as
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
gitlog was invented by reading the Linux kernel mailing list are trained to type it.
Examples
gitwhatchanged-pv2.6.12..include/scsidrivers/scsi
Show as patches the commits since version v2.6.12 that changed any file in the include/scsi or
drivers/scsi subdirectories
gitwhatchanged--since="2 weeksago" --gitk
Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file gitk. The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion
with the branch named gitkGit
Part of the git(1) suite
Git 2.48.1 07/02/2025 GIT-WHATCHANGED(1)
Name
git-whatchanged - Show logs with differences each commit introduces
Synopsis
gitwhatchanged <option>...
