From: Gabriel Filion <lelutin@gmail.com>
To: "\"L. Alberto Giménez\"" <agimenez@sysvalve.es>
Cc: vikram2rhyme <vikram2rhyme@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why git tags are there in git?
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:03:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D42DABA.5060603@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D42B623.5060709@sysvalve.es>
On 11-01-28 07:27 AM, "L. Alberto Giménez" wrote:
> On 28/01/2011 12:37, vikram2rhyme wrote:
>>
>> Hello friends
>> I am wondering why the tags are there in git. As they are just pointer 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...
>
In general, tags are used for marking a point in time. That marker won't
move, whereas branches can move with time.
For example, in most projects tags are used to make it easier to refer
to commits that mark official releases. In git.git (git's own
repository), the tag v1.7.3.5 points to the release with the same number.
--
Gabriel Filion
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-28 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-28 11:37 Why git tags are there in git? vikram2rhyme
2011-01-28 12:27 ` "L. Alberto Giménez"
2011-01-28 15:03 ` Gabriel Filion [this message]
2011-01-28 16:06 ` Konstantin Khomoutov
2011-01-29 17:17 ` Enrico Weigelt
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