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([2a0a:ef40:700:a501:8515:f93a:c957:e0a3]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4538a4235cbsm143308905e9.38.2025.06.30.10.06.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:06:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9b3623a9-b596-44bc-b267-499e568a7f60@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:06:25 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: `cat-file --filter` is broken in 2.50? To: Dan Pristupov , git@vger.kernel.org References: <6eb10e33-4001-95a7-d2ad-3dd2a5c830ab@fork.dev> Content-Language: en-US From: Phillip Wood In-Reply-To: <6eb10e33-4001-95a7-d2ad-3dd2a5c830ab@fork.dev> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dan On 30/06/2025 17:07, Dan Pristupov wrote: > Hi, > > `cat-file --filter` stopped working in git 2.50. cat-file did not have a "--filter" option before 2.50. The option you are looking for is "--filters". As git accepts unambiguous abbreviations for long options "--filter" used to match "--filters" but now it is a separate option. Being able to use abbreviated option names is useful at the command line but they are best avoided in scripts. Best Wishes Phillip > > ``` > $ git version > git version 2.47.1.windows.2 > > $ git cat-file --filter "HEAD:changelog.md" > > ``` > > ``` > $ git version > git version 2.50.0.windows.1 > > $ git cat-file --filter "HEAD:changelog.md" > fatal: invalid filter-spec 'HEAD:changelog.md' > ``` > > The problem was introduced at eb83e4c64b5a3458569593c2ab0c29365f10a82f. > > Then it was merged into the main branch by > a271b05066a1fd2c3a62508d9908d6c5df14a1cb. > > This seems like a bug. > >