SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <name> [<head>]
-'git-tag' -d <name>...
-'git-tag' [-n [<num>]] -l [<pattern>]
-'git-tag' -v <name>...
+'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
+ <name> [<commit> | <object>]
+'git tag' -d <name>...
+'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [<pattern>]
+'git tag' -v <name>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
`-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given, an editor is started for the user to type
in the tag message.
+If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <key-id>`
+are absent, `-a` is implied.
+
Otherwise just the SHA1 object name of the commit object is
written (i.e. a lightweight tag).
-v::
Verify the gpg signature of the given tag names.
--n <num>::
+-n<num>::
<num> specifies how many lines from the annotation, if any,
are printed when using -l.
The default is not to print any annotation lines.
Typing "git tag" without arguments, also lists all tags.
-m <msg>::
- Use the given tag message (instead of prompting)
+ Use the given tag message (instead of prompting).
+ If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are
+ concatenated as separate paragraphs.
+ Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
+ is given.
-F <file>::
Take the tag message from the given file. Use '-' to
read the message from the standard input.
+ Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
+ is given.
CONFIGURATION
-------------
-By default, git-tag in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your
+By default, 'git-tag' in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your
committer identity (of the form "Your Name <your@email.address>") to
find a key. If you want to use a different default key, you can specify
it in the repository configuration as follows:
. The insane thing.
You really want to call the new version "X" too, 'even though'
-others have already seen the old one. So just use "git tag -f"
+others have already seen the old one. So just use 'git-tag -f'
again, as if you hadn't already published the old one.
-However, Git does *not* (and it should not)change tags behind
-users back. So if somebody already got the old tag, doing a "git
-pull" on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old
+However, Git does *not* (and it should not) change tags behind
+users back. So if somebody already got the old tag, doing a
+'git-pull' on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old
one.
If somebody got a release tag from you, you cannot just change
You would notice "please pull" messages on the mailing list says
repo URL and branch name alone. This is designed to be easily
-cut&pasted to "git fetch" command line:
+cut&pasted to a 'git-fetch' command line:
------------
Linus, please pull from
A one-shot pull is a sign that a commit history is now crossing
the boundary between one circle of people (e.g. "people who are
-primarily interested in networking part of the kernel") who may
+primarily interested in the networking part of the kernel") who may
have their own set of tags (e.g. "this is the third release
candidate from the networking group to be proposed for general
consumption with 2.6.21 release") to another circle of people
follow such tags is a good thing.
+On Backdating Tags
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you have imported some changes from another VCS and would like
+to add tags for major releases of your work, it is useful to be able
+to specify the date to embed inside of the tag object. The data in
+the tag object affects, for example, the ordering of tags in the
+gitweb interface.
+
+To set the date used in future tag objects, set the environment
+variable GIT_COMMITTER_DATE to one or more of the date and time. The
+date and time can be specified in a number of ways; the most common
+is "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM".
+
+An example follows.
+
+------------
+$ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
+------------
+
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>.
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>.
Documentation
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GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite