Merge branch 'maint-1.6.4' into maint-1.6.5

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 1118ce22dcfcbaf190bd7abc60c2b33c213acd06..299b04f726b2e7662fb7db64169726eec82a5c14 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
-       <name> [<commit> | <object>]
-'git tag' -d <name>...
+       <tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
+'git tag' -d <tagname>...
 'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [<pattern>]
-'git tag' -v <name>...
+'git tag' -v <tagname>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-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.
+Adds a tag reference in `.git/refs/tags/`.
 
 Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in
 `.git/refs/tags/` directory.
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS
        Make a GPG-signed tag, using the given key
 
 -f::
+--force::
        Replace an existing tag with the given name (instead of failing)
 
 -d::
@@ -88,6 +87,12 @@ OPTIONS
        Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
        is given.
 
+<tagname>::
+       The name of the tag to create, delete, or describe.
+       The new tag name must pass all checks defined by
+       linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].  Some of these checks
+       may restrict the characters allowed in a tag name.
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 By default, 'git-tag' in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your
@@ -252,6 +257,10 @@ $ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
 ------------
 
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,