Explain briefly what characters are prohibited in tag <name> and point to git-check-ref-format(1) manual page for more information. --- Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index fa73321..1118ce2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/` + +Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`. The tag <name> must pass +linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1] which basicly means that control characters, +space, ~, ^, :, ?, *, [ and \ are prohibited. Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in `.git/refs/tags/` directory. -- 1.6.3.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html