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Git Tagging

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Summary

Tags are used to mark milestones in history, generally for releases of versions such as v1.0. Git has two types of tags: lightweight that is just a bookmark, and annotated that stores messages, authors, dates, and signatures. The tag doesn't automatically send to the remote so it needs to be pushed manually.

Key points

Git tag -a v1.0 -m "message" makes the tag annotated
The lightweight tag is made without the -a option, only contains the name
Git origin v1.0 or git tags send the tag to the remote
Git tag without arguments displays a list of existing tags

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