Automatically run Git hook when creating a Git tag

Question

Is there a Git hook which can be executed when a new Git tag is added? Because I want to automatically write new Git tag names into a textfile. Do you have a clue on how to do this?

Answer 1

While it's not currently possible using hooks, you can always create a simple script.

mytag.sh :

#!/bin/sh
[ -z "$1" ] || ( git tag $1 && git tag > /path/to/your-tags-file )

then :

chmod +x mytag.sh
git config alias.mytag !/path/to/mytag.sh