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| author | David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com> | 2005-05-10 22:32:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-05-10 15:01:23 -0700 |
| commit | c1bdacf97e3f51ac5c239a16e300e0986a5da53d (patch) | |
| tree | 86dd1a9c76ebf41a4e12c0514b99039052fe5e62 /Documentation/git-mktag.txt | |
| parent | 204ee6a91ba35740d6417cf64bde4d117d40b07d (diff) | |
| download | git-c1bdacf97e3f51ac5c239a16e300e0986a5da53d.tar.gz | |
[PATCH 3/4] split core-git.txt and update
Update git environment variable docs
Update first section of command docs (Manipulation commands section)
Signed-off-by: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt index 320f5a1efb..708f4ef8da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt @@ -9,12 +9,29 @@ git-mktag - Creates a tag object SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mktag' +'git-mktag' < signature_file DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads a tag contents from its standard input and creates a tag object. -The input must be a well formed tag object. +Reads a tag contents on standard input and creates a tag object +that can also be used to sign other objects. + +The output is the new tag's <object> identifier. + +Tag Format +---------- +A tag signature file has a very simple fixed format: three lines of + + object <sha1> + type <typename> + tag <tagname> + +followed by some 'optional' free-form signature that git itself +doesn't care about, but that can be verified with gpg or similar. + +The size of the full object is artificially limited to 8kB. (Just +because I'm a lazy bastard, and if you can't fit a signature in that +size, you're doing something wrong) Author |