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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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
Author
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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 linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite