1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-tag.sh b/git-tag.sh
index 4a0a7b6607..6f0b7a7219 100755
--- a/git-tag.sh
+++ b/git-tag.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ if [ "$annotate" ]; then
           echo "#" ) > "$GIT_DIR"/TAG_EDITMSG
         ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} "$GIT_DIR"/TAG_EDITMSG || exit
     else
-        echo "$message" >"$GIT_DIR"/TAG_EDITMSG
+        printf '%s\n' "$message" >"$GIT_DIR"/TAG_EDITMSG
     fi
 
     grep -v '^#' <"$GIT_DIR"/TAG_EDITMSG |