diff --git a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
index fc7aeb1abd..6ff6146923 100755
--- a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup bare clone for server' '
 test_expect_success 'do partial clone 1' '
 	git clone --no-checkout --filter=blob:none "file://$(pwd)/srv.bare" pc1 &&
 
-	git -C pc1 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --missing=print >revs &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/?//" |
 	sort >observed.oids &&
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ test_expect_success 'do partial clone 1' '
 
 # checkout master to force dynamic object fetch of blobs at HEAD.
 test_expect_success 'verify checkout with dynamic object fetch' '
-	git -C pc1 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --missing=print >observed &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >observed &&
 	test_line_count = 4 observed &&
 	git -C pc1 checkout master &&
-	git -C pc1 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --missing=print >observed &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >observed &&
 	test_line_count = 0 observed
 '
 
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ test_expect_success 'push new commits to server' '
 # have the new blobs.
 test_expect_success 'partial fetch inherits filter settings' '
 	git -C pc1 fetch origin &&
-	git -C pc1 rev-list master..origin/master --quiet --objects --missing=print >observed &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+		master..origin/master >observed &&
 	test_line_count = 5 observed
 '
 
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ test_expect_success 'partial fetch inherits filter settings' '
 # we should only get 1 new blob (for the file in origin/master).
 test_expect_success 'verify diff causes dynamic object fetch' '
 	git -C pc1 diff master..origin/master -- file.1.txt &&
-	git -C pc1 rev-list master..origin/master --quiet --objects --missing=print >observed &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+		 master..origin/master >observed &&
 	test_line_count = 4 observed
 '
 
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify diff causes dynamic object fetch' '
 test_expect_success 'verify blame causes dynamic object fetch' '
 	git -C pc1 blame origin/master -- file.1.txt >observed.blame &&
 	test_cmp expect.blame observed.blame &&
-	git -C pc1 rev-list master..origin/master --quiet --objects --missing=print >observed &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+		master..origin/master >observed &&
 	test_line_count = 0 observed
 '
 
@@ -111,7 +114,8 @@ test_expect_success 'push new commits to server for file.2.txt' '
 # Verify we have all the new blobs.
 test_expect_success 'override inherited filter-spec using --no-filter' '
 	git -C pc1 fetch --no-filter origin &&
-	git -C pc1 rev-list master..origin/master --quiet --objects --missing=print >observed &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+		master..origin/master >observed &&
 	test_line_count = 0 observed
 '
 
@@ -133,8 +137,8 @@ test_expect_success 'push new commits to server for file.3.txt' '
 test_expect_success 'manual prefetch of missing objects' '
 	git -C pc1 fetch --filter=blob:none origin &&
 
-	git -C pc1 rev-list master..origin/master --quiet --objects --missing=print \
-		>revs &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+		 master..origin/master >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/?//" |
 	sort >observed.oids &&
@@ -142,8 +146,8 @@ test_expect_success 'manual prefetch of missing objects' '
 	test_line_count = 6 observed.oids &&
 	git -C pc1 fetch-pack --stdin "file://$(pwd)/srv.bare" <observed.oids &&
 
-	git -C pc1 rev-list master..origin/master --quiet --objects --missing=print \
-		>revs &&
+	git -C pc1 rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+		master..origin/master >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/?//" |
 	sort >observed.oids &&
diff --git a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index 54727450b0..11a84efffe 100755
--- a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ test_expect_success 'partial clone' '
 	grep "version 2" trace &&
 
 	# Ensure that the old version of the file is missing
-	git -C client rev-list master --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+	git -C client rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print master \
 		>observed.oids &&
 	grep "$(git -C server rev-parse message1:a.txt)" observed.oids &&
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ test_expect_success 'partial fetch' '
 	grep "version 2" trace &&
 
 	# Ensure that the old version of the file is missing
-	git -C client rev-list other --quiet --objects --missing=print \
+	git -C client rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print other \
 		>observed.oids &&
 	grep "$(git -C server rev-parse message1:a.txt)" observed.oids &&
 
diff --git a/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh b/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
index b00cf6fa82..53975c5724 100755
--- a/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
+++ b/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:none omits all 5 blobs' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r1 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:none >revs &&
+	git -C r1 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=blob:none HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:none omits all 5 blobs' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify emitted+omitted == all' '
-	git -C r1 rev-list HEAD --objects >revs &&
+	git -C r1 rev-list --objects HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r1 rev-list HEAD --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:none \
-		>revs &&
+	git -C r1 rev-list --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:none \
+		HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=500 omits all blobs' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r2 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:limit=500 >revs &&
+	git -C r2 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=blob:limit=500 HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -77,11 +79,12 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=500 omits all blobs' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify emitted+omitted == all' '
-	git -C r2 rev-list HEAD --objects >revs &&
+	git -C r2 rev-list --objects HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r2 rev-list HEAD --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:limit=500 >revs &&
+	git -C r2 rev-list --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=blob:limit=500 HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -94,7 +97,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=1000' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r2 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:limit=1000 >revs &&
+	git -C r2 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1000 HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -107,7 +111,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=1001' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r2 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:limit=1001 >revs &&
+	git -C r2 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1001 HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -120,7 +125,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=1k' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r2 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:limit=1k >revs &&
+	git -C r2 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1k HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -129,7 +135,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=1k' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=1m' '
-	git -C r2 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=blob:limit=1m >revs &&
+	git -C r2 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=blob:limit=1m HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -162,7 +169,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify sparse:path=pattern1 omits top-level files' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r3 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=sparse:path=../pattern1 >revs &&
+	git -C r3 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=sparse:path=../pattern1 HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -175,7 +183,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify sparse:path=pattern2 omits both sparse2 files' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r3 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=sparse:path=../pattern2 >revs &&
+	git -C r3 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=sparse:path=../pattern2 HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -200,7 +209,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify sparse:oid=OID omits top-level files' '
 
 	oid=$(git -C r3 ls-files -s pattern | awk -f print_2.awk) &&
 
-	git -C r3 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=sparse:oid=$oid >revs &&
+	git -C r3 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=sparse:oid=$oid HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -213,7 +223,8 @@ test_expect_success 'verify sparse:oid=oid-ish omits top-level files' '
 	awk -f print_2.awk ls_files_result |
 	sort >expected &&
 
-	git -C r3 rev-list HEAD --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted --filter=sparse:oid=master:pattern >revs &&
+	git -C r3 rev-list --quiet --objects --filter-print-omitted \
+		--filter=sparse:oid=master:pattern HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/~//" |
 	sort >observed &&
@@ -235,7 +246,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rev-list W/ --missing=print' '
 		rm r1/.git/objects/$id
 	done &&
 
-	git -C r1 rev-list --quiet HEAD --missing=print --objects >revs &&
+	git -C r1 rev-list --quiet --missing=print --objects HEAD >revs &&
 	awk -f print_1.awk revs |
 	sed "s/?//" |
 	sort >observed &&