libgit2

git_tag_create

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Create a new tag in the repository from an OID

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int git_tag_create(git_oid *oid, git_repository *repo, const char *tag_name, const git_oid *target, git_otype target_type, const git_signature *tagger, const char *message);

Parameters

git_oid *
In
oid

Pointer where to store the OID of the newly created tag

git_repository *
In
repo

Repository where to store the tag

const char *
In
tag_name

Name for the tag; this name is validated for consistency

const git_oid *
In
target

OID to which this tag points; note that no validation is done on this OID. Use the _o version of this method to assure a proper object is being tagged

git_otype
In
target_type

Type of the tagged OID; note that no validation is performed here either

const git_signature *
In
tagger

Signature of the tagger for this tag, and of the tagging time

const char *
In
message

Full message for this tag

Returns

int

0 on success; error code otherwise. A tag object is written to the ODB, and a proper reference is written in the /refs/tags folder, pointing to it

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