create tags on stash repos using native git

[Javier Perez]

For performance reasons I'd like to create a tag without cloning a repo. As far as I can see there is no API of any kind to create tags on stash repos.

My question is, would there be any impact in using git tag directly on the stash repo location?

[TimP · Accepted solution]

Hi Javier,

I don't believe Stash has any special treatment for tags over what native git does. There may be some short-lived caches in the product that I'm not aware of, but I think creating tags directly in the repository on disk should work just fine.

cheers,

Tim

[Balázs Szakmáry]

Do remember to stop the stash server while doing this.

[TimP]

Hi Balazs, You shouldn't need to do this. What makes you think that you'd need to stop Stash before creating a tag? cheers, Tim

[Balázs Szakmáry]

Just to be on the safe side, when I manipulate the bare repos on the server, I always stop the server. I guess it may not be necessary for creating a tag, though.

[Javier Perez]

Thanks Tim. I tried with the atlassian SDK and it's working. Hope it will work in the same way in production!! Also, no stash server restart was necessary