Git Tag

Create Tag

Annotated tag (Recommended):

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$# Annotated tag contains more information:
$# checksum, tagger name, email, date, tag message
$git tag -a v1.2.0 -m "Version 1.2.0"

Lightweight tag:

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$# Lightweight tag is just a pointer to a specific commit
$git tag v1.2.0

Specify the commit checksum (or part of it) to tag an old commit:

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$git tag -a v1.2.0 24bba8b

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$# List all tags in alphabetical order
$git tag
$# Search for tags that match a pattern
$git tag -l "v1.0.0*"

bash

$git show v1.2.0

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$# Delete from the local repository
$git tag -d v1.2.0
$# Delete from the remote server
$git push origin --delete v1.2.0

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$git checkout -b branch-name v1.2.0