lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm | 9 ++++-----
 t/git.t                | 8 ++++----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index 3d97300c43c3f0fca345d6719d925d3b9ad652eb..c6c1c80205ae8556b1ee976417c37fa2e8baa7ed 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -240,17 +240,16 @@ 	_bidi_pipe($_[0], qw(--batch in out pid));
 }
 
 sub _cat_file_cb {
-	my ($bref, undef, undef, $size, $result) = @_;
-	@$result = ($bref, $size);
+	my ($bref, $oid, $type, $size, $result) = @_;
+	@$result = ($bref, $oid, $type, $size);
 }
 
 sub cat_file {
-	my ($self, $oid, $sizeref) = @_;
+	my ($self, $oid) = @_;
 	my $result = [];
 	cat_async($self, $oid, \&_cat_file_cb, $result);
 	cat_async_wait($self);
-	$$sizeref = $result->[1] if $sizeref;
-	$result->[0];
+	wantarray ? @$result : $result->[0];
 }
 
 sub check_async_step ($$) {
diff --git a/t/git.t b/t/git.t
index 377652ca8b5b7afb381774128e25eba2fb46ae75..0c85e492db00be62f5d56dedefb8abbc951c4e78 100644
--- a/t/git.t
+++ b/t/git.t
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ 	is(0, $?, 'hashed object successfully');
 	chomp $buf;
 
 	my $gcf = PublicInbox::Git->new($dir);
-	my $rsize;
-	my $x = $gcf->cat_file($buf, \$rsize);
-	is($rsize, $size, 'got correct size ref on big file');
-	is(length($$x), $size, 'read correct number of bytes');
+	my @x = $gcf->cat_file($buf);
+	is($x[2], 'blob', 'got blob on wantarray');
+	is($x[3], $size, 'got correct size ref on big file');
+	is(length(${$x[0]}), $size, 'read correct number of bytes');
 
 	my $ref = $gcf->qx(qw(cat-file blob), $buf);
 	is($?, 0, 'no error on scalar success');