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title: 'Tags and Releases'
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license: 'CC-BY-SA-4.0'
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origin_url: 'https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Documentation/src/commit/3bd7c665c7b0121a6b14cb5ef567c54b42b5698d/content/git/using-tags.md'
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---
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## What are tags?
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Tags are a feature in Git that can be used to make a snapshot of a repository
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from a point in time. It is generally used to mark releases (e.g. v1.2.4), and
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it functions as a shortcut to see what the repo looked like at the time.
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## What are releases?
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Releases are a feature in Forgejo, independent of Git that allows you to attach
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files and release notes along with the source code at the time, and share it in
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Forgejo, linking to a Git tag.
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### Wait, what is the difference between tags and releases?
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They are very similar, the difference being that tags are just the repository
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frozen in time and are part of Git (you can make a tag inside of Git), but
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releases are tags accompanied with a binary file and are not part of Git (you
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need to go to your repository page in the web interface to create a release).
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## Creating tags and releases
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If you only want to create tags, using Git is recommended. If you want to create
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a full release, this is only possible through Forgejo's web interface, or
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through it's API.
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### Creating a Tag with Git
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To create a tag using Git, use the following command in your local repository.
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```bash
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git tag -a <tag name> -m "<my tag message>"
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```
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You can omit `"<my tag message>"` to write a longer tag message in an editor
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window.
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**Tip:** Tags are generally labelled by version numbers. It is good practice to
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prefix a version number with a `v` (e.g. `v1.2.3`) and to use the [Semantic
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Versioning](https://semver.org/) specification for assigning and incrementing
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version numbers.
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Tags are not automatically pushed when you run `git push` (compared to commits
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or branches). They have to be pushed manually to the remote target, like so:
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```bash
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git push --tags <remote target, probably "origin">
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```
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The argument `--tags` pushes all local tags to the remote target. If you want to
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push only a specific tag, use:
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```bash
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git push <remote target, probably "origin"> <tag name, e.g., "v1.2.3">
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```
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### Creating a Release in the Web Interface
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To create a release in the web interface, first go to the `Releases` tab of your
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repository `(1)`, and click on `New Release (2)`:
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Here, you need to enter a version number for your new release `(1)`, select the
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branch that contains the code you want to release `(2)`, and add a title `(3)`.
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Optionally, you can also add a description `(4)` or add assets to the release in
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the form of attaching files `(5)` or adding external links `(6)`:
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You can now either save it as a draft, or publish the release outright.
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You are then re-directed to the `Releases` tab of your repository. The newly
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created release is now listed there:
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Here, you can edit the release if needed `(1)`. You will also see optiuons to
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download the source code of the repository at the commit the release was created
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at as `.zip` or `.tar.gz` files `(2)`. Finally, if on the previous page you
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added assets like an attached file or an external link, they will also show up
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here `(3)`.
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### Creating a Release through the API
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All the operations accessible in the web interface are also available through
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the API. You can use the following endpoints to:
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- [`/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases`](https://code.forgejo.org/api/swagger#/repository/repoCreateRelease) \
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Create (or modify) a release
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- [`/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{id}/assets`](https://code.forgejo.org/api/swagger#/repository/repoCreateReleaseAttachment) \
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Create (or modify) release assets
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