On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:32 AM Nikita Bobko <nikitabobko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ``` > git init > echo foo > foo > git add --all > git commit -m 'foo' > > echo bar > foo > git add --all > git commit -m 'bar' > > git read-tree HEAD~:foo > ``` > EXP: Read information about file `foo` into index > ACT: `fatal: failed to unpack tree object HEAD~:foo` > > I expect it to work because manpage says that `git-read-tree` accepts > `<tree-ish>` HEAD~:foo is not a tree in your example, it's a blob. Try running this: `git cat-file -t HEAD~:foo`, to see the type.
