# [PATCH] [PATCH] git-tag(1): add hint about commit messages 1 messages from 2009-03-30 to 2009-03-30. Participants: Nico -telmich- Schottelius. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/18641 ## Nico -telmich- Schottelius, 2009-03-30 11:58 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] git-tag(1): add hint about commit messages Message-ID: <20090330115821.GA7314@denkbrett.schottelius.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090330115821.GA7314%40denkbrett.schottelius.org ``` If a tag is not annotated, git tag displays the commit message instead. Add this hint to the manpage to unhide this secret. Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius --- Documentation/git-tag.txt | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 533d18b..fa73321 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ OPTIONS are printed when using -l. The default is not to print any annotation lines. If no number is given to `-n`, only the first line is printed. + If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead. -l :: List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no pattern is given). -- 1.6.2 ```