Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

How to do it...

The TagName is whatever you want to call the branch.

Identifier is an identifier for the node to be tagged. The identifier can be one of the following:

1. A branch name: Tag the most recent commit on this branch
2. An SHA1 identifier: Tag the commit with this SHA1 identifier
3. A datestamp (YYYY-MM-DD): Tag the commit just previous to this datestamp
4. A timestamp (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS): Tag the commit just previous to this timestamp

        # Tag the current tip of the trunk as release_1.0
        $ fossil add tag release_1.0 trunk

        # Tag the last commit on December 15 as beta_release_1
        $ fossil add tag beta_release_1 2016-12-16