alt Hacker News> A tag is a pointer that always refers to the same commit
It's not guaranteed not to change. The UI just makes it harder to update.
> A tag is a pointer that always refers to the same commit
It's not guaranteed not to change. The UI just makes it harder to update.
And anyone whose coworkers replace tags on a regular basis will be familiar with the following message from git when pulling changes:
would clobber existing tag
Really wish my coworkers would leave old tags as they were heh.