Managing tags

About tags in GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop allows you to create annotated tags. Tags are associated with commits, so you can use a tag to mark an individual point in your repository's history, including a version number for a release. For more information about release tags, see "About releases."

By default, GitHub Desktop will push the tag that you create to your repository with the associated commit.

Creating a tag

1. Click History.
   
2. Right-click the commit and click Create Tag....
   
3. Type the name of the tag.
   
4. Click Create Tag.

Viewing tags

1. Click History.

   

2. Click the commit.

   Note: GitHub Desktop displays an arrow if the tag has not been pushed to the remote repository.

   

3. All tags associated with the commit are visible in that commit's metadata.

   

Deleting tags

1. Click History.

   

2. Right-click the commit.

   • If a commit has only one tag, click Delete Tag TAG NAME.
     
   • If a commit has multiple tags, hover over Delete Tag... and then click the tag that you want to delete.
     

Further reading

• "Git Basics - Tagging" in the Git documentation