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Git Tags

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Tags

  • Tags exist as anchors in the commit tree that designate certain spots.
  • They are used permanently mark certain commits as milestones that you can then reference like a branch.
Tags are similar to branches, they only point to a specific commit but conceptually they are very different. Tags are meant to be permanent.

To change a tag you have to do a force push.

  • Initial:
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  • git tag v1 c1
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Describe

  • Because tags serve as such great "anchors" in the codebase, git has a command to describe where you are relative to the closest "anchor" (aka tag). And that command is called git describe!

Last updated: 2022-06-21