createLightweightTag

Create a new lightweight tag pointing at a target object.

A new direct reference will be created pointing to this target object.

Signature

class Repository {
  createLightweightTag(
    name: string,
    target: GitObject,
    options?: CreateLightweightTagOptions,
  ): string;
}

Parameters

• namerequired · string
  

  The name of tag.

• targetrequired · GitObject
  

  Git object to pointed by this tag.

• optionsnull | CreateLightweightTagOptions
  

  Options for creating the tag.

  • forceboolean
    

    If force is true and a reference already exists with the given name, it'll be replaced.

Returns

• string
  

  Tag OID(SHA1) which created.