At the moment, one has to go through some hoops to edit a tag's message; see discussions here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/7813194/1593077 It would be nice if: git tag --edit my_tag_name would bring up the editor with the existing text of my_tag_name's message, for amendment. And, perhaps, git tag --edit my_tag_name -m "new message" would overwrite the existing message. I've suggested `--edit` since the switch already exists, but if you like a different bikeshed then it could be --amend like git commit --amend. Just my 2 cents and have a nice day, Eyal Rozenberg PS - I'm not on this mailing list, so if you want to reply, please use my actual address.