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tag: clarify in the doc that a tag can refer to a non-commit object

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Reword "man git-tag" to clarify that a tag can refer directly to an
arbitrary object, not just a commit object.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Robert P. J. Day 2018-05-25 05:45:09 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ in the tag message.
If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <keyid>`
are absent, `-a` is implied.
Otherwise just a tag reference for the SHA-1 object name of the commit object is
created (i.e. a lightweight tag).
Otherwise, a tag reference that points directly at the given object
(i.e., a lightweight tag) is created.
A GnuPG signed tag object will be created when `-s` or `-u
<keyid>` is used. When `-u <keyid>` is not used, the