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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt index 0ac3be1..ea7a752 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt @@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ The output is the new tag's <object> identifier. Tag Format ---------- -A tag signature file has a very simple fixed format: three lines of +A tag signature file has a very simple fixed format: four lines of object <sha1> type <typename> tag <tagname> + tagger <tagger> -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) +followed by some 'optional' free-form message (some tags created +by older git may not have `tagger` line). The message, when +exists, is separated by a blank line from the header. The +message part may contain a signature that git itself doesn't +care about, but that can be verified with gpg. Author |