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Subject: Re: Why git tags are there in git?
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On 28/01/2011 12:37, vikram2rhyme wrote:
>
> Hello friends
> I am wondering why the tags are there in git. As they are just pointe=
r to
> the commit
> we can refer those commit by SHA sum only then why tagging?

Hi, I tend to find easier "release-v1" than 2cff0e391ab127ae...

Regards,
L. Alberto Gim=E9nez