Git: tagging

Git tags are used to refer specific point in git history. Once a tag is created, you can refer the snapshot of the branch at tag creation time whenever you want.

Create a github branch

Go to ‘https://github.com/’ and create new repository.

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/harikrishna553/gitTaggingDemo.git

Cloning into 'gitTaggingDemo'...

warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.

Add readme.md to the repository and push the changes to remote

$cd gitTaggingDemo/
$
$touch readme.md
$
$git status
On branch master

No commits yet

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

 readme.md

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
$
$git add .
$git commit -m "Add readme.md file"
[master (root-commit) 546599e] Add readme.md file
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 readme.md
$
$git push origin HEAD
Enumerating objects: 3, done.
Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 215 bytes | 215.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://github.com/harikrishna553/gitTaggingDemo.git
 * [new branch]      HEAD -> master

Add some content to readme.md file, commit the changes

$cat readme.md 
# git tag demo
$
$git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

 modified:   readme.md

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
$
$git add .
$git commit -m "add description to readme.md"
[master 1dcf079] add description to readme.md
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Create a tag

Use below syntax to create a tag.

git tag <tagname>

$git tag v1.0
$
$git tag
v1.0

Push tags to remote

Syntax

git push origin {tagName}

$git tag
v1.0
$
$git push origin v1.0
Enumerating objects: 5, done.
Counting objects: 100% (5/5), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 264 bytes | 264.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://github.com/harikrishna553/gitTaggingDemo.git
 * [new tag]         v1.0 -> v1.0

Click on ‘release’ link.

Under the tags section, you can see the tag that we created. You can download the entire repository at given tag in zip format.

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