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.TH "GIT\-MKTAG" "1" "04/20/2020" "Git 2\&.20\&.1" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-mktag \- Creates a tag object
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit mktag\fR
.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Reads a tag contents on standard input and creates a tag object that can also be used to sign other objects\&.
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The output is the new tag\(cqs <object> identifier\&.
.SH "TAG FORMAT"
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A tag signature file, to be fed to this command\(cqs standard input, has a very simple fixed format: four lines of
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
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object <sha1>
type <typename>
tag <tagname>
tagger <tagger>
.fi
.if n \{\
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.\}
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followed by some \fIoptional\fR free\-form message (some tags created by older Git may not have \fBtagger\fR line)\&. The message, when exists, is separated by a blank line from the header\&. The message part may contain a signature that Git itself doesn\(cqt care about, but that can be verified with gpg\&.
.SH "GIT"
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Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite