diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IgnoreConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IgnoreConfigurationExtensions.cs
index d99c33db76..eeaf3a0ded 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IgnoreConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IgnoreConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -5,28 +5,20 @@ namespace GitVersion.Configuration;
 
 internal static class IgnoreConfigurationExtensions
 {
-    public static IEnumerable<ITag> Filter(this IIgnoreConfiguration ignore, IEnumerable<ITag> source)
+    public static IEnumerable<ITag> Filter(this IIgnoreConfiguration ignore, ITag[] source)
     {
         ignore.NotNull();
         source.NotNull();
 
-        if (!ignore.IsEmpty)
-        {
-            return source.Where(element => ShouldBeIgnored(element.Commit, ignore));
-        }
-        return source;
+        return !ignore.IsEmpty ? source.Where(element => ShouldBeIgnored(element.Commit, ignore)) : source;
     }
 
-    public static IEnumerable<ICommit> Filter(this IIgnoreConfiguration ignore, IEnumerable<ICommit> source)
+    public static IEnumerable<ICommit> Filter(this IIgnoreConfiguration ignore, ICommit[] source)
     {
         ignore.NotNull();
         source.NotNull();
 
-        if (!ignore.IsEmpty)
-        {
-            return source.Where(element => ShouldBeIgnored(element, ignore));
-        }
-        return source;
+        return !ignore.IsEmpty ? source.Where(element => ShouldBeIgnored(element, ignore)) : source;
     }
 
     private static bool ShouldBeIgnored(ICommit commit, IIgnoreConfiguration ignore)
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/RepositoryStore.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/RepositoryStore.cs
index aaa1856c15..bc8554f32e 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/RepositoryStore.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/RepositoryStore.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ internal class RepositoryStore(ILog log, IGitRepository repository) : IRepositor
             this.log.Info("Using latest commit on specified branch");
         }
 
-        commits = ignore.Filter(commits);
+        commits = ignore.Filter(commits.ToArray());
         return commits.FirstOrDefault();
     }
 
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ public IReadOnlyList<ICommit> GetCommitLog(ICommit? baseVersionSource, ICommit c
             SortBy = CommitSortStrategies.Topological | CommitSortStrategies.Time
         };
 
-        var commits = this.repository.Commits.QueryBy(filter);
-
+        var commits = FilterCommits(filter).ToArray();
         return ignore.Filter(commits).ToList();
     }
 
@@ -232,16 +231,16 @@ public IReadOnlyList<ICommit> GetCommitsReacheableFromHead(ICommit? headCommit,
             SortBy = CommitSortStrategies.Topological | CommitSortStrategies.Reverse
         };
 
-        var commits = this.repository.Commits.QueryBy(filter);
+        var commits = FilterCommits(filter).ToArray();
         return ignore.Filter(commits).ToList();
     }
 
     public IReadOnlyList<ICommit> GetCommitsReacheableFrom(IGitObject commit, IBranch branch)
     {
         var filter = new CommitFilter { IncludeReachableFrom = branch };
-        var commitCollection = this.repository.Commits.QueryBy(filter);
 
-        return commitCollection.Where(c => c.Sha == commit.Sha).ToList();
+        var commits = FilterCommits(filter);
+        return commits.Where(c => c.Sha == commit.Sha).ToList();
     }
 
     public ICommit? GetForwardMerge(ICommit? commitToFindCommonBase, ICommit? findMergeBase)
@@ -251,18 +250,20 @@ public IReadOnlyList<ICommit> GetCommitsReacheableFrom(IGitObject commit, IBranc
             IncludeReachableFrom = commitToFindCommonBase,
             ExcludeReachableFrom = findMergeBase
         };
-        var commitCollection = this.repository.Commits.QueryBy(filter);
 
-        return commitCollection.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Parents.Contains(findMergeBase));
+        var commits = FilterCommits(filter);
+        return commits.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Parents.Contains(findMergeBase));
     }
 
     public bool IsCommitOnBranch(ICommit? baseVersionSource, IBranch branch, ICommit firstMatchingCommit)
     {
         var filter = new CommitFilter { IncludeReachableFrom = branch, ExcludeReachableFrom = baseVersionSource, FirstParentOnly = true };
-        var commitCollection = this.repository.Commits.QueryBy(filter);
-        return commitCollection.Contains(firstMatchingCommit);
+        var commits = FilterCommits(filter);
+        return commits.Contains(firstMatchingCommit);
     }
 
+    private IEnumerable<ICommit> FilterCommits(CommitFilter filter) => this.repository.Commits.QueryBy(filter);
+
     public ICommit? FindMergeBase(ICommit commit, ICommit mainlineTip) => this.repository.FindMergeBase(commit, mainlineTip);
 
     private IBranch? FindBranch(string branchName) => this.repository.Branches.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name.EquivalentTo(branchName));
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/TaggedSemanticVersionRepository.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/TaggedSemanticVersionRepository.cs
index 24649b9687..f6f0de0459 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/TaggedSemanticVersionRepository.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/Core/TaggedSemanticVersionRepository.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ IEnumerable<SemanticVersionWithTag> GetElements()
             {
                 var semanticVersions = GetTaggedSemanticVersions(tagPrefix, format, ignore);
 
-                foreach (var commit in ignore.Filter(branch.Commits))
+                foreach (var commit in ignore.Filter(branch.Commits.ToArray()))
                 {
                     foreach (var semanticVersion in semanticVersions[commit])
                     {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public ILookup<ICommit, SemanticVersionWithTag> GetTaggedSemanticVersionsOfMerge
             using (this.log.IndentLog($"Getting tagged semantic versions by track merge target '{branch.Name.Canonical}'. " +
                                       $"TagPrefix: {tagPrefix} and Format: {format}"))
             {
-                var shaHashSet = new HashSet<string>(ignore.Filter(branch.Commits).Select(element => element.Id.Sha));
+                var shaHashSet = new HashSet<string>(ignore.Filter(branch.Commits.ToArray()).Select(element => element.Id.Sha));
 
                 foreach (var semanticVersion in GetTaggedSemanticVersions(tagPrefix, format, ignore).SelectMany(v => v))
                 {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ IEnumerable<SemanticVersionWithTag> GetElements()
         {
             this.log.Info($"Getting tagged semantic versions. TagPrefix: {tagPrefix} and Format: {format}");
 
-            foreach (var tag in ignore.Filter(this.repositoryStore.Tags))
+            foreach (var tag in ignore.Filter(this.repositoryStore.Tags.ToArray()))
             {
                 if (SemanticVersion.TryParse(tag.Name.Friendly, tagPrefix, out var semanticVersion, format))
                 {
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MainlineVersionStrategy.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MainlineVersionStrategy.cs
index 2dd181c896..1e0dd74209 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MainlineVersionStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MainlineVersionStrategy.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public IEnumerable<BaseVersion> GetBaseVersions(EffectiveBranchConfiguration con
             configuration: branchConfiguration
         );
 
-        var commitsInReverseOrder = Context.Configuration.Ignore.Filter(Context.CurrentBranchCommits);
+        var commitsInReverseOrder = Context.Configuration.Ignore.Filter(Context.CurrentBranchCommits.ToArray());
 
         TaggedSemanticVersions taggedSemanticVersion = TaggedSemanticVersions.OfBranch;
         if (branchConfiguration.TrackMergeTarget == true) taggedSemanticVersion |= TaggedSemanticVersions.OfMergeTargets;
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MergeMessageVersionStrategy.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MergeMessageVersionStrategy.cs
index 7dfe751dc3..2ffeaf3d9e 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MergeMessageVersionStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VersionSearchStrategies/MergeMessageVersionStrategy.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ private IEnumerable<BaseVersion> GetBaseVersionsInternal(EffectiveBranchConfigur
                 || !configuration.Value.TrackMergeMessage)
             yield break;
 
-        foreach (var commit in configuration.Value.Ignore.Filter(Context.CurrentBranchCommits))
+        foreach (var commit in configuration.Value.Ignore.Filter(Context.CurrentBranchCommits.ToArray()))
         {
             if (MergeMessage.TryParse(commit, Context.Configuration, out var mergeMessage)
                 && mergeMessage.Version is not null