Observe: % echo HEAD | git cat-file --batch= fatal: object fde075cb72fc0773d8e8ca93d55a35d77bb6688b changed type!? Without the =, it works fine; with a string that has both "%(objecttype)" and "%(objectsize)", it's fine; but when you don't include both, it complains about one of the values that you did not mention having changed. jrnieder fingered v1.8.4-rc0~7^2~15 as the (likely?) culprit here. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html