stress the difference between the two with suggestion on when the user
should use one in place of the other.
Signed-off-by: Daniele Segato <daniele.segato@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-tag.txt | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 22894cb..495eb71 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ committer identity for the current user is used to
find the
GnuPG key for signing. The configuration variable `gpg.program`
is used to specify custom GnuPG binary.
+The tag objects (created with `-a`, `s`, or `-u`) are called
'annotated' tags,
+they contains a creation date, the tagger name and e-mail, a tagging
message
+and, eventually, the GNUPG signing and verification data. While a
+'lightweight' tag is simply a name for an object (usually a commit object).
+
+'Annotated' tag are meant for release while 'lightweight' tags are meant
+for private or temporary object labels, thus most git commands ignore
+lightweight tags by default.
+
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