From e310f4f5c5dba456f7deec92961b8e7cee602e2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yusuf Efe <120668197+yuefdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 11:55:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Respect file extensions with --filter-files (#1984)

---
 isort/main.py           |  7 +++++--
 tests/unit/test_main.py | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/isort/main.py b/isort/main.py
index cbb3f4ba7..01222ae4d 100644
--- a/isort/main.py
+++ b/isort/main.py
@@ -1141,8 +1141,11 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None, stdin: TextIOWrapper | None = None)
         if config.filter_files:
             filtered_files = []
             for file_name in file_names:
-                if config.is_skipped(Path(file_name)):
-                    skipped.append(str(Path(file_name).resolve()))
+                file_path = Path(file_name)
+                if config.is_skipped(file_path) or (
+                    file_path.is_file() and not config.is_supported_filetype(file_name)
+                ):
+                    skipped.append(str(file_path.resolve()))
                 else:
                     filtered_files.append(file_name)
             file_names = filtered_files
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_main.py b/tests/unit/test_main.py
index 1881f7dbb..a8740b766 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_main.py
@@ -136,6 +136,43 @@ def test_show_files(capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         main.main([str(tmp_path), "--show-files", "--show-config"])
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("directory", [False, True])
+def test_filter_files_respects_extensions(
+    tmp_path: Path, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], directory: bool
+) -> None:
+    python_file = tmp_path / "example.py"
+    text_file = tmp_path / "example.txt"
+    python_file.write_text("import sys\nimport os\n")
+    text_file.write_text("import sys\nimport os\n")
+    paths = [str(tmp_path)] if directory else [str(python_file), str(text_file)]
+
+    main.main([*paths, "--filter-files", "--ext", "txt", "--show-files"])
+
+    output, error = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert str(text_file) in output
+    assert str(python_file) not in output
+    assert not error
+
+
+def test_filter_files_skips_unsupported_extension_in_check_mode(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    python_file = tmp_path / "example.py"
+    source = "import sys\nimport os\n"
+    python_file.write_text(source)
+
+    main.main([str(python_file), "--filter-files", "--ext", "txt", "--check"])
+
+    assert python_file.read_text() == source
+
+
+def test_explicit_file_without_filter_files_ignores_extension(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    python_file = tmp_path / "example.py"
+    python_file.write_text("import sys\nimport os\n")
+
+    main.main([str(python_file), "--ext", "txt"])
+
+    assert python_file.read_text() == "import os\nimport sys\n"
+
+
 def test_missing_default_section(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     config_file = tmp_path / ".isort.cfg"
     config_file.write_text(