Managing tags in GitHub Desktop

You can use GitHub Desktop to create, push, and view tags.

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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. In the left sidebar, click History.

    Screenshot of the "History" tab in the sidebar. Above a list of commits, the tab button, labeled "History", is highlighted with an orange outline.

  2. Right-click the commit and click Create Tag....

    Screenshot of a list of commits in the "History" tab. Next to a commit, in a context menu, the cursor hovers over the "Create Tag" option.

  3. In the "Create a Tag" dialog window, type the name of the tag.

  4. Click Create Tag.

Viewing tags

  1. In the left sidebar, click History.

    Screenshot of the "History" tab in the sidebar. Above a list of commits, the tab button, labeled "History", is highlighted with an orange outline.

  2. Click the commit.

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

    Screenshot of a list of commits in the "History" tab. Next to a commit, a "hello-tag" label and an "up arrow" icon are outlined in orange.

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

    Screenshot of the detailed view of a commit. Above the commit's diff, in the commit's metadata, a tag icon and the label "hello-tag" are outlined in orange.

Deleting tags

Note: You can only delete tags associated with commits that have not yet been pushed.

  1. In the left sidebar, click History.

    Screenshot of the "History" tab in the sidebar. Above a list of commits, the tab button, labeled "History", is highlighted with an orange outline.

  2. Right-click the commit.

    • If a commit has only one tag, click Delete Tag TAG NAME.
      Screenshot of a list of commits in the "History" tab. Next to a commit, in a context menu, the cursor hovers over an option labeled "Delete tag hello-tag".
    • If a commit has multiple tags, hover over Delete Tag... and then click the tag that you want to delete.
      Screenshot of a context menu in the "History" tab. Next to "Delete tag", a second menu is expanded, and the cursor hovers over an option labeled "hello-tag".

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