How to list all Git tags?

To list all tags in a Git repository, you can use the git tag command. This command lists all tags in dictionary order. By default, it lists all local tags.

If you simply want to view all tags, you can run:

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git tag

If you want to view tags in a specific order, such as chronologically, you can use the git tag command with the --sort option. For example, to list tags in reverse chronological order based on creation date:

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git tag --sort=-creatordate

Additionally, if you're interested in tags matching a specific pattern, you can provide a pattern parameter to git tag. For instance, to list all tags starting with "v1.0":

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git tag -l "v1.0*"

If you want to retrieve more information about each tag, such as the tag message, you can use the -n option followed by a number specifying how many lines of the message to display:

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git tag -l -n1

This command lists all tags and displays the first line of the message for each tag.

Finally, if you want to fetch tags from a remote repository, you can first update the repository with git fetch:

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git fetch --tags

Then, use git tag to list all tags in the local repository, which will include tags fetched from the remote repository.