1GIT-MKTAG(1)                      Git Manual                      GIT-MKTAG(1)
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NAME

6       git-mktag - Creates a tag object
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SYNOPSIS

9       git mktag < signature_file
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DESCRIPTION

12       Reads a tag contents on standard input and creates a tag object that
13       can also be used to sign other objects.
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15       The output is the new tag’s <object> identifier.
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TAG FORMAT

18       A tag signature file has a very simple fixed format: four lines of
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20           object <sha1>
21           type <typename>
22           tag <tagname>
23           tagger <tagger>
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25       followed by some optional free-form message (some tags created by older
26       git may not have tagger line). The message, when exists, is separated
27       by a blank line from the header. The message part may contain a
28       signature that git itself doesn’t care about, but that can be verified
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AUTHOR

32       Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org[1]>
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DOCUMENTATION

35       Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list
36       <git@vger.kernel.org[2]>.
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GIT

39       Part of the git(1) suite
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NOTES

42        1. torvalds@osdl.org
43           mailto:torvalds@osdl.org
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45        2. git@vger.kernel.org
46           mailto:git@vger.kernel.org
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50Git 1.7.4.4                       04/11/2011                      GIT-MKTAG(1)
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