GIT-WHATCHANGED(1) Git Manual GIT-WHATCHANGED(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

git-whatchanged - Show logs with differences each commit introduces

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
git whatchanged <option>...
```

# [WARNING](#WARNING)

**git** **whatchanged** has been deprecated and is scheduled for removal in a future version of Git, as it is merely **git** **log** with different defaults.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces.

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

```
git log --raw --no-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](#EXAMPLES)

**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](#GIT)

Part of the [**git**(1)](/man/os/git/git.1) suite

2026-09-27 Git 2.56.0

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Document: git-whatchanged(1) from git 2.56.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git.git