Git Tags for Version Control and Release Management

Every successful software project needs clear milestones, stable release points, and reliable version tracking. Managing your codebase becomes much easier when you can pinpoint exact commits in your history without searching through endless logs. This text-based course teaches you how to use Git tags to create permanent markers for production releases and development checkpoints. You will start with foundational version control concepts, learning how tags differ from branches and why they are essential for clean project histories. You will then progress to creating, managing, and sharing tags while adopting industry-standard versioning systems. What you'll learn: - Understand the fundamental differences between lightweight and annotated Git tags - Create, view, and verify tags to mark specific points in your project history - Apply semantic versioning principles to establish clear, professional release cycles - Push, pull, and manage tags across local and remote repositories - Integrate tagging workflows with modern continuous integration and deployment pipelines - Delete and update tags safely when release plans change This course guides you step-by-step through practical text explanations and clear command-line examples, starting with basic definitions before moving into hands-on repository management workflows. It is designed specifically for beginners and developers new to release management, requiring only a basic familiarity with the command line. Start mastering your release workflow today.