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| author |  Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> | 2009-08-06 00:20:32 +0300 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-08-06 13:33:57 -0700 |
| commit | 18b07930363d54778e616f1b86de8ccd5ebe88fc (patch) | |
| tree | e4bf1d918b75175699b37264028bdf4cbda41f3a | |
| parent | git-rev-list.txt: Clarify the use of multiple revision arguments (diff) | |
| download | tgif-18b07930363d54778e616f1b86de8ccd5ebe88fc.tar.xz | |
git-tag(1): Refer to git-check-ref-format(1) for <name>
Explain briefly what characters are prohibited in tag <name>
and point to git-check-ref-format(1) manual page for
further information.
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index fa733214ab..1118ce22dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/` + +Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`. The tag <name> must pass +linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1] which basicly means that control characters, +space, ~, ^, :, ?, *, [ and \ are prohibited. Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in `.git/refs/tags/` directory. |