Command Reference

git tag Tutorial

Introduces git tag for release points, explains lightweight versus annotated tags, and covers basic tag publishing.

The short version

git tag gives a stable name to a specific commit, most often for releases.

Common forms

git tag v1.0.0
git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "Release v1.0.0"
git push origin --tags

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