6 git-tag - Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG
12 'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <keyid>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
13 <tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
14 'git tag' -d <tagname>...
15 'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--no-contains <commit>]
16 [--points-at <object>] [--column[=<options>] | --no-column]
17 [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>] [--format=<format>]
18 [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]
19 'git tag' -v [--format=<format>] <tagname>...
24 Add a tag reference in `refs/tags/`, unless `-d/-l/-v` is given
25 to delete, list or verify tags.
27 Unless `-f` is given, the named tag must not yet exist.
29 If one of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <keyid>` is passed, the command
30 creates a 'tag' object, and requires a tag message. Unless
31 `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given, an editor is started for the user to type
34 If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <keyid>`
35 are absent, `-a` is implied.
37 Otherwise just a tag reference for the SHA-1 object name of the commit object is
38 created (i.e. a lightweight tag).
40 A GnuPG signed tag object will be created when `-s` or `-u
41 <keyid>` is used. When `-u <keyid>` is not used, the
42 committer identity for the current user is used to find the
43 GnuPG key for signing. The configuration variable `gpg.program`
44 is used to specify custom GnuPG binary.
46 Tag objects (created with `-a`, `-s`, or `-u`) are called "annotated"
47 tags; they contain a creation date, the tagger name and e-mail, a
48 tagging message, and an optional GnuPG signature. Whereas a
49 "lightweight" tag is simply a name for an object (usually a commit
52 Annotated tags are meant for release while lightweight tags are meant
53 for private or temporary object labels. For this reason, some git
54 commands for naming objects (like `git describe`) will ignore
55 lightweight tags by default.
62 Make an unsigned, annotated tag object
66 Make a GPG-signed tag, using the default e-mail address's key.
69 --local-user=<keyid>::
70 Make a GPG-signed tag, using the given key.
74 Replace an existing tag with the given name (instead of failing)
78 Delete existing tags with the given names.
82 Verify the GPG signature of the given tag names.
85 <num> specifies how many lines from the annotation, if any,
86 are printed when using -l. Implies `--list`.
88 The default is not to print any annotation lines.
89 If no number is given to `-n`, only the first line is printed.
90 If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead.
94 List tags. With optional `<pattern>...`, e.g. `git tag --list
95 'v-*'`, list only the tags that match the pattern(s).
97 Running "git tag" without arguments also lists all tags. The pattern
98 is a shell wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3)). Multiple
99 patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the tag is shown.
101 This option is implicitly supplied if any other list-like option such
102 as `--contains` is provided. See the documentation for each of those
106 Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in
107 descending order of the value. You may use the --sort=<key> option
108 multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
109 key. Also supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag
110 names are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort
111 order can also be affected by the "versionsort.suffix"
112 configuration variable.
113 The keys supported are the same as those in `git for-each-ref`.
114 Sort order defaults to the value configured for the `tag.sort`
115 variable if it exists, or lexicographic order otherwise. See
116 linkgit:git-config[1].
120 Sorting and filtering tags are case insensitive.
122 --column[=<options>]::
124 Display tag listing in columns. See configuration variable
125 column.tag for option syntax.`--column` and `--no-column`
126 without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never' respectively.
128 This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
130 --contains [<commit>]::
131 Only list tags which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
132 specified). Implies `--list`.
134 --no-contains [<commit>]::
135 Only list tags which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD if
136 not specified). Implies `--list`.
138 --merged [<commit>]::
139 Only list tags whose commits are reachable from the specified
140 commit (`HEAD` if not specified), incompatible with `--no-merged`.
142 --no-merged [<commit>]::
143 Only list tags whose commits are not reachable from the specified
144 commit (`HEAD` if not specified), incompatible with `--merged`.
146 --points-at <object>::
147 Only list tags of the given object (HEAD if not
148 specified). Implies `--list`.
152 Use the given tag message (instead of prompting).
153 If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are
154 concatenated as separate paragraphs.
155 Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <keyid>`
160 Take the tag message from the given file. Use '-' to
161 read the message from the standard input.
162 Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <keyid>`
166 This option sets how the tag message is cleaned up.
167 The '<mode>' can be one of 'verbatim', 'whitespace' and 'strip'. The
168 'strip' mode is default. The 'verbatim' mode does not change message at
169 all, 'whitespace' removes just leading/trailing whitespace lines and
170 'strip' removes both whitespace and commentary.
173 Create a reflog for the tag. To globally enable reflogs for tags, see
174 `core.logAllRefUpdates` in linkgit:git-config[1].
175 The negated form `--no-create-reflog` only overrides an earlier
176 `--create-reflog`, but currently does not negate the setting of
177 `core.logallrefupdates`.
180 The name of the tag to create, delete, or describe.
181 The new tag name must pass all checks defined by
182 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
183 may restrict the characters allowed in a tag name.
187 The object that the new tag will refer to, usually a commit.
191 A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the object
192 pointed at by a ref being shown. The format is the same as
193 that of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. When unspecified,
194 defaults to `%(refname:strip=2)`.
198 By default, 'git tag' in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your
199 committer identity (of the form `Your Name <your@email.address>`) to
200 find a key. If you want to use a different default key, you can specify
201 it in the repository configuration as follows:
203 -------------------------------------
205 signingKey = <gpg-keyid>
206 -------------------------------------
215 What should you do when you tag a wrong commit and you would
218 If you never pushed anything out, just re-tag it. Use "-f" to
219 replace the old one. And you're done.
221 But if you have pushed things out (or others could just read
222 your repository directly), then others will have already seen
223 the old tag. In that case you can do one of two things:
226 Just admit you screwed up, and use a different name. Others have
227 already seen one tag-name, and if you keep the same name, you
228 may be in the situation that two people both have "version X",
229 but they actually have 'different' "X"'s. So just call it "X.1"
233 You really want to call the new version "X" too, 'even though'
234 others have already seen the old one. So just use 'git tag -f'
235 again, as if you hadn't already published the old one.
237 However, Git does *not* (and it should not) change tags behind
238 users back. So if somebody already got the old tag, doing a
239 'git pull' on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old
242 If somebody got a release tag from you, you cannot just change
243 the tag for them by updating your own one. This is a big
244 security issue, in that people MUST be able to trust their
245 tag-names. If you really want to do the insane thing, you need
246 to just fess up to it, and tell people that you messed up. You
247 can do that by making a very public announcement saying:
250 Ok, I messed up, and I pushed out an earlier version tagged as X. I
251 then fixed something, and retagged the *fixed* tree as X again.
253 If you got the wrong tag, and want the new one, please delete
254 the old one and fetch the new one by doing:
257 git fetch origin tag X
259 to get my updated tag.
261 You can test which tag you have by doing
265 which should return 0123456789abcdef.. if you have the new version.
267 Sorry for the inconvenience.
270 Does this seem a bit complicated? It *should* be. There is no
271 way that it would be correct to just "fix" it automatically.
272 People need to know that their tags might have been changed.
275 On Automatic following
276 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
278 If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely
279 using remote-tracking branches (eg. `refs/remotes/origin/master`).
280 You usually want the tags from the other end.
282 On the other hand, if you are fetching because you would want a
283 one-shot merge from somebody else, you typically do not want to
284 get tags from there. This happens more often for people near
285 the toplevel but not limited to them. Mere mortals when pulling
286 from each other do not necessarily want to automatically get
287 private anchor point tags from the other person.
289 Often, "please pull" messages on the mailing list just provide
290 two pieces of information: a repo URL and a branch name; this
291 is designed to be easily cut&pasted at the end of a 'git fetch'
295 Linus, please pull from
297 git://git..../proj.git master
299 to get the following updates...
305 $ git pull git://git..../proj.git master
308 In such a case, you do not want to automatically follow the other
311 One important aspect of Git is its distributed nature, which
312 largely means there is no inherent "upstream" or
313 "downstream" in the system. On the face of it, the above
314 example might seem to indicate that the tag namespace is owned
315 by the upper echelon of people and that tags only flow downwards, but
316 that is not the case. It only shows that the usage pattern
317 determines who are interested in whose tags.
319 A one-shot pull is a sign that a commit history is now crossing
320 the boundary between one circle of people (e.g. "people who are
321 primarily interested in the networking part of the kernel") who may
322 have their own set of tags (e.g. "this is the third release
323 candidate from the networking group to be proposed for general
324 consumption with 2.6.21 release") to another circle of people
325 (e.g. "people who integrate various subsystem improvements").
326 The latter are usually not interested in the detailed tags used
327 internally in the former group (that is what "internal" means).
328 That is why it is desirable not to follow tags automatically in
331 It may well be that among networking people, they may want to
332 exchange the tags internal to their group, but in that workflow
333 they are most likely tracking each other's progress by
334 having remote-tracking branches. Again, the heuristic to automatically
335 follow such tags is a good thing.
341 If you have imported some changes from another VCS and would like
342 to add tags for major releases of your work, it is useful to be able
343 to specify the date to embed inside of the tag object; such data in
344 the tag object affects, for example, the ordering of tags in the
347 To set the date used in future tag objects, set the environment
348 variable GIT_COMMITTER_DATE (see the later discussion of possible
349 values; the most common form is "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM").
354 $ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
357 include::date-formats.txt[]
361 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
362 linkgit:git-config[1].
366 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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