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

NAME
       git-mktag - Creates a tag object

SYNOPSIS
       git mktag < signature_file

DESCRIPTION
       Reads a tag contents on standard input and creates a tag object that can also be used to sign other objects.

       The output is the new tag's <object> identifier.

TAG FORMAT
       A tag signature file has a very simple fixed format: four lines of

	   object <sha1>
	   type <typename>
	   tag <tagname>
	   tagger <tagger>

       followed by some optional free-form message (some tags created by older Git may not have tagger 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't care about, but that can be
       verified with gpg.

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 1.8.5.3							    01/14/2014							      GIT-MKTAG(1)