GIT-MKTAG(1)                                                      GIT-MKTAG(1)



NAME
       git-mktag - Creates a tag object

SYNOPSIS
       git mktag < signature_file


DESCRIPTION
       Reads a tag contents on standard input and creates a tag object that
       can also be used to sign other objects.


       The output is the new tag&#8217;s <object> identifier.


TAG FORMAT
       A tag signature file has a very simple fixed format: four lines of

       object <sha1>
       type <typename>
       tag <tagname>
       tagger <tagger>


       followed by some optional free-form message (some tags created by older
       git may not have tagger line). The message, when exists, is separated
       by a blank line from the header. The message part may contain a
       signature that git itself doesn&#8217;t care about, but that can be
       verified with gpg.


GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite




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