git-ls-files.txt: clarify what "other files" mean for --other

[git.git] / Documentation / git-tag.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index fa733214ab0259dec1c866e9cb629dd0e7b69f3a..1118ce22dcfcbaf190bd7abc60c2b33c213acd06 100644 (file)
--- 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.