Re: How to create tags outside of refs/tags?

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Christian Halstrick
> <christian.halstrick@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would like to create a tag which full name is not starting with
>> refs/tags. Is that possible with 'git tag'?
>
> Nope.
>
>> If not, is there any other command to create such tags?
>
> If it's just a light-weight tag, you can use the low-level (plumbing)
> command update-ref to create an arbitrary ref:

That is a very unfriendly answer.  You shouldn't be answering everybody
who ask "How do I shoot my foot off?  git-foo command does not seem to let
me do so" with "Here is how to do that".

> $ git update-ref refs/blargh HEAD

At least, please say "that thing is no longer a tag, many git commands
would complain because refs/blargh does not have two-levels, and do not
ever think about starting that thing without 'refs/', or your 'gc' may end
up losing that object" when you give a potentially dangerous hint like
that (the last one being the most important).