I’m working on a project and need help with Git tags.
I made a tag on my local machine using these commands:
git tag v1.5
git tag
>>> v1.5
The tag shows up when I check locally, but when I go to my GitHub repo page, I don’t see it there. It seems like the tag only exists on my computer and hasn’t been uploaded to GitHub yet.
I thought creating the tag would automatically sync it to the remote repository, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. What’s the correct way to get my local tags to show up on GitHub? Do I need to run some additional command to upload them?
yea, u gotta push em manually. run git push origin --tags to send all of them or just git push origin v1.5 if u want that specific tag. I always mess this up too lol. Git keeps em local unless u say otherwise!
The manual approach works, but it’s a pain when you’re juggling multiple projects with frequent releases.
I deal with this constantly - we’ve got dozens of microservices that need coordinated tagging. Rather than remembering different git commands for each repo, I just automated everything.
I built a workflow that creates the git tag, pushes to origin, makes the GitHub release, and updates docs or deployment configs automatically. You can trigger it when merging to main or run it on schedule.
Best part? Define your tagging logic once and it works the same across all repos. No more forgetting to push tags or wondering about format consistency.
I’ve watched teams burn hours on release coordination that automation handles in minutes. Latenode’s great for this - connects git operations with GitHub API calls without the headache.
Yeah, tags don’t automatically push to remote repos. This threw me off when I first started using Git at work - branches push differently than tags. You’ll need git push origin v1.5 for that specific tag. When you create tags locally with git tag, they just stay local until you push them. Actually pretty handy since you can create and test tags before making them public. Once pushed, the tag shows up in your GitHub releases section. Quick heads up - if you delete and recreate a tag locally, you might need git push origin v1.5 -f to force push it. Just be careful with force pushing on shared repos.
This caught me off guard on my first serious project too. Git treats tags as separate objects - you’ve got to push them explicitly. Use git push origin v1.5 for your specific tag. Regular git push only sends commits and branch updates, not tags. Learned that the hard way. If you create multiple tags later and want to push them all at once, try git push origin --tags. Once you push a tag to GitHub, it shows up in the releases section - pretty handy for marking milestones. The local vs remote tag separation actually makes sense. You can experiment with tagging locally before making anything public.