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POIs there a simple command to convert a branch to a tag?
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copied!<p>I am about to complete a tedious process of converting "dumb snapshots" to git. This process has been going very well (thanks to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6628539/how-to-tell-git-that-its-the-same-directory-just-a-different-name/6629505#6629505">this rename process</a>), but now I realized that some of the branches that I created, do not merit a <code>branch</code> but rather a <code>tag</code>.</p> <p>Since everything is still local (never pushed to a repository), I found <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6357403/converting-git-branch-to-git-tag">this question</a> (and associated answer) somewhat more cumbersome than I prefer, so I was wondering whether I can take a shortcut via some simple "convert-from-branch-to-tag" command?</p> <p>Is there such a simple command to convert a branch to a tag?</p> <p>(I know I can just leave it as is, but I really like the way <code>gitk</code> highlights tags, helping me easily identify them).</p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Thanks to @Andy's answer below, I managed to come up with a shell script that does it all conveniently and painlessly. I am sharing this script for the benefit of all and as special thanks to this great community who made moving for CVS to git possible for me:</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/sh BRANCHNAME=$1 TAGNAME=$2 echo "Request to convert the branch ${BRANCHNAME} to a tag with the same name accepted." echo "Processing..." echo " " git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/heads/${BRANCHNAME} # $? == 0 means local branch with <branch-name> exists. if [ $? == 0 ]; then git checkout ${BRANCHNAME} git tag ${BRANCHNAME} git checkout master git branch ${BRANCHNAME} -d echo " " echo "Updated list branches, sorted chronologically: " echo "---------------------------------------------- " git log --no-walk --date-order --oneline --decorate $(git rev-list --branches --no-walk) | cut -d "(" -f 2 | cut -d ")" -f 1 else echo "Sorry. The branch ${BRANCHNAME} does NOT seem to exist. Exiting." fi </code></pre>

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