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Problem

How to use the git tag command: Create, list, delete, or verify tags. A tag is a static reference to a commit. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-tag>.

Solution

git tag — Create, list, delete, or verify tags. A tag is a static reference to a commit. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-tag>.

List all tags:

git tag

Create a tag with the given name pointing to the current commit:

git tag {{tag_name}}

Create a tag with the given name pointing to a given commit:

git tag {{tag_name}} {{commit}}

Create an annotated tag with the given message:

git tag {{tag_name}} {{[-m|--message]}} {{tag_message}}

Delete the tag with the given name:

git tag {{[-d|--delete]}} {{tag_name}}

Get updated tags from remote:

git fetch {{[-t|--tags]}}

Push a tag to remote:

git push origin tag {{tag_name}}

List all tags which contain a given commit (HEAD if not specified):

git tag --contains {{commit}}

Code Snippets

List all tags

git tag

Create a tag with the given name pointing to the current commit

git tag {{tag_name}}

Create a tag with the given name pointing to a given commit

git tag {{tag_name}} {{commit}}

Create an annotated tag with the given message

git tag {{tag_name}} {{[-m|--message]}} {{tag_message}}

Delete the tag with the given name

git tag {{[-d|--delete]}} {{tag_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git tag

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