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"
<content>
```
```
$ 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.
