[PATCH] git-tag: Document that -m/-F create tag objects, too

From

FWFlorian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>

Date

Apr 9, 2007, 12:06 UTC

Message-ID

<E1Hash0-0004rN-Mu@mid.deneb.enyo.de>

Signed-off-by: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
---
 Documentation/git-tag.txt |   16 +++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 70235e8..fc5f4e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`
 Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in
 `.git/refs/tags/` directory.
 
-If one of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>` is passed, the command
-creates a 'tag' object, and requires the tag message.  Unless
-`-m <msg>` is given, an editor is started for the user to type
-in the tag message.
-
-Otherwise just the SHA1 object name of the commit object is
-written (i.e. a lightweight tag).
+If one of `-a`, `-m <msg>`, `-F <file>`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>` is
+passed, the command creates a 'tag' object.  Unless `-m <msg>` or `-F
+<file>` is given, an editor is started for the user to type in the tag
+message.
+
+Otherwise just the SHA1 object name of the commit object is written
+(i.e. a lightweight tag).  Note that such tags are not automatically
+copied by "git-clone" and "git-fetch", so you want to use them for
+local tags only.
 
 A GnuPG signed tag object will be created when `-s` or `-u
 <key-id>` is used.  When `-u <key-id>` is not used, the

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