SYNOPSIS
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[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
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are printed when using -l.
The default is not to print any annotation lines.
If no number is given to `-n`, only the first line is printed.
+ If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead.
-l <pattern>::
List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no pattern is given).
CONFIGURATION
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-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
+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:
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Linus, please pull from