Git

Tags

Basic commands

• List all tags: git tag
• Show tag details: git show <tag name>

Creating a tag

• git tag -a <tag name> -m "<message"

  • example: git tag -a my-tag -m "My first tag."

• Pushing a tag to a remote repo: git push <repo name> <tag name>

  • example: git push origin my-tag

• Pushing all new tags to a remote repo: git push <repo name> --tags

Removing a tag

• Removes a tag locally: git tag -d <tag name>

• Delete a tag on a remote repository: git push origin :refs/tags/<tag name>

  • Tag must be removed locally first.

• Example:

git tag -d my-tag
git push origin :refs/tags/my-tag

Tracking a single folder between separate repositories (OSX only)

This applies when only a subfolder should be tracked by another repo. Sometimes this is necessary if the entire folder should not be visible to the second repo.

1. For OSX, install the hard link directory utility via homebrew
2. Setup a hardlink to a folder within the local repo folder.