what is a git tag? (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains

[@jessegador]

Thanks for the video. But I think it's also useful to show how to push tags.

[@soulstenance]

Good point! When you think of tags as a sort of frozen branch, it makes sense that you would do it the same way and that is how I did it: 'git push origin example-tag'

[@sadhlife]

make a video on GPG keys (and PGP signatures?) as well

[@anthonywritescode]

I've got one planned for public/private keys -- will maybe cover GPG at the same time!

[@coder_117]

When are tags usually created? By that I mean do you create a tag & then make a commit or do you have to commit first & then go back & tag it?

[@Syntax753]

symbolic refs? :D Great video!

[@anthonywritescode]

indeed!

[@soulstenance]

Thanks! I needed this!

[@jrib]

So what's the issue with heavy tags? Just that they're more verbose in git show and more work to write the message?

[@anthonywritescode]

I don't personally like them since they've got their own separate commit id that both is and isn't part of the history

[@sillybuttons925]

If one releases frequently with multiple devs I3x per week) what would you recommend? Tags or branching?

[@anthonywritescode]

independent of size: branches for development, tags for marking releases. though when you get to too many releases it can be a problem for fetch performance (~1000s of tags for instance from experience) and at that point you might want to consider limiting fetch to just your default branch and/or pruning tags

[@sillybuttons925]

@@anthonywritescode Thanks man!

[@JJ-nm8sh]

Well explained 👍

[@vincentspauwen5776]

Thank you!

[@adarshchacko6137]

What is the use case of pgp signature ?

[@soulstenance]

It adds extra peace of mind to viewers of your project, and is basically proving that YOU made that commit/tag. No one else possibly could have done it since they would need your private PGP key, which no one but you should ever have. Hope that makes sense! I've been studying how to use this tool and it's quite fascinating, though can be confusing too. 🙂🤓