File selector method #1627

website/docs/guides/migration/versions/06-upgrading-to-v1.2.md

@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ See GitHub discussion [dbt-labs/dbt-core#5468](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-c
 
 - **[Grants](/reference/resource-configs/grants)**: You should now manage access to the datasets you're producing with dbt by using grants instead of using hooks. If you already use post-hook to apply simple grants, moving to the grants feature will allow you to [DRY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself) up your duplicated or boilerplate code.
 - **[dbt-Jinja functions](reference/dbt-jinja-functions)** now include the [`itertools` Python module](dbt-jinja-functions/modules#itertools), as well as the [set](dbt-jinja-functions/set) and [zip](dbt-jinja-functions/zip) functions.
+- **[Node selection](node-selection/syntax)** includes a [file selection method](node-selection/methods#the-file-method) (`-s model.sql`)
 
 https://github.com/dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com/labels/dbt-core%20v1.2

website/docs/reference/node-selection/methods.md

@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ selectors unambiguous.
 
 </VersionBlock>
 
+<VersionBlock firstVersion="1.2">
+
+### The "file" method
+The `file` method can be used to select a model by its filename, including the file extension (`.sql`).
+
+```bash
+# These are equivalent
+dbt run --select some_model.sql
+dbt run --select some_model
+```
+
+</VersionBlock>
+
 ### The "package" method
 <Changelog>New in v0.18.0</Changelog>