git-tag(1): add hint about commit messages

If a tag is not annotated, git tag displays the commit message
instead. Add this hint to the manpage to unhide this secret.

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@ikn.schottelius.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 046ab3542bab4048fe07c8a6718d63f9cd9e3791..1f34948167cf9aba7055f92c75afb0d9a76f744d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ OPTIONS
        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).