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Re: Why git tags are there in git?

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LGL. Alberto Giménez <agimenez@sysvalve.es>
Date
Jan 28, 2011, 12:27 UTC
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On 28/01/2011 12:37, vikram2rhyme wrote:
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> 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...

Regards, L. Alberto Giménez

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