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Karol
Karol

Reputation: 1254

How to create a github release with an annotated tag?

I've created a release on github, but it seems to be a non-annotated tag. Anyone know how to make an annotated tag along with a release? Is it OK to just replace the tag with an annotated one -- will it still work?

Upvotes: 28

Views: 10061

Answers (1)

CodeWizard
CodeWizard

Reputation: 142064

Annotated tags are created using the -a flag.

The difference between regular tag to annotated tag is that the annotated tag is like a commit, it contain the date, author and the message attached to it.

Once you create the tags simply push it to the github repository
git push --tags. Since tags are simply a pointer to a given commit you can "move" them between commit.

Creating annotated tag

git tag -a <tagname>

Moving an existing tag

git tag -a <tagname> <SHA-1> -f

Pushing the tags

git push origin --tags -f

The important thing is the -f (force) flag

Upvotes: 9

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