Git tags cheat sheet
In this post, I’ll list a couple of git commands that I found useful when cleaning up an unstructured git tag history. The post is primarily meant for future reference, but if you find it useful, that’s great.
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List local tags with a certain name prefix/suffix
To list local tags with a certain name prefix or suffix, run the following Terminal commands:
git tag -l "<PREFIX>*"
git tag -l "*-<SUFFIX>"
List remote tags with a certain name prefix/suffix
To list remote tags with a certain name prefix or suffix, run the following Terminal commands:
git ls-remote --tags <REMOTE> | grep "<PREFIX>-.*[^}]$" | cut -f 2
git ls-remote --tags <REMOTE> | grep "\<SUFFIX>.*[^}]$" | cut -f 2
Delete local tags with a certain name prefix/suffix
To delete local tags with a certain name prefix or suffix, run the following Terminal commands:
git tag -d $(git tag -l "PREFIX-*")
git tag -d $(git tag -l "*-<SUFFIX>")
Delete remote tags with a certain name prefix/suffix
To delete remote tags with a certain name prefix or suffix, run the following Terminal commands:
git push <REMOTE> --delete $(git ls-remote --tags <REMOTE> | grep "<PREFIX>.*[^}]$" | cut -f 2)
git push <REMOTE> --delete $(git ls-remote --tags <REMOTE> | grep "\<SUFFIX>$" | cut -f 2)
Conclusion
There’s really nothing to conclude, but I hope you find these commands useful. I may return to this post and add new commands later, if I find new ones worth remembering.
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