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Replace 'git whatchanged' with 'git log --stat' #103

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@Bill-Sommerfeld Bill-Sommerfeld commented Oct 8, 2025

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The git whatchanged command is deprecated in git 2.51.0; recent git documentation suggests using git log --raw --no-merges instead.

I brought this up on IRC; rough consensus among advocates on IRC was that we should no longer require this for changes via Gerrit; additionally, several advocates suggested that git log --stat output was more useful than --raw.

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Also clarify that the changeset description is only needed if the
patch isn't in Gerrit.

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Top-level summary needs changing?

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Top-level summary needs changing?

Updated.

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danmcd commented Oct 10, 2025

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I actually meant on the PR summary not on the the commit but thanks for the commit message update. (I always get thrown off seeing the PR's title not match.

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Make sure it goes in with the right commit header. :)

@Bill-Sommerfeld Bill-Sommerfeld changed the title Replace 'git whatchanged' with 'git log --raw' Replace 'git whatchanged' with 'git log --stat' Oct 10, 2025
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