Learn Git in a Day

Two Kinds of Tags

The tag we just created is called a lightweight tag. It's just a name that points to a commit - nothing more. It works fine for personal bookmarks or quick references.

For releases and milestones, it's better to use an annotated tag. An annotated tag stores extra information: who created it, when, and a message describing the tag. You create one with the -a flag:

git tag -a v1.0 -m "First stable release with nine calculator operations"

Since we already created v1.0