---
name: "git-whatchanged"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git"
version: "2.56.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-whatchanged"
---

# git-whatchanged(1)

Show logs with differences each commit introduces

## NAME

git-whatchanged - Show logs with differences each commit introduces

## SYNOPSIS

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

## 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

Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces.

New users are encouraged to use [**git-log**(1)](/git-log/1.md) instead. The **whatchanged** command is essentially the same as [**git-log**(1)](/git-log/1.md) 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

**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

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