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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 |
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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. |