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1. Which pair correctly deletes a remote tag v1.0.0 from origin after deleting it locally?

Difficulty: MediumType: MCQTopic: Tags

Local delete with `git tag -d`; remote delete with a push of an empty ref to the tag.

2. Why do teams create Git tags and when are annotated tags preferred over lightweight tags?

Difficulty: EasyType: Subjective

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1. Which pair correctly deletes a remote tag v1.0.0 from origin after deleting it locally?

2. Why do teams create Git tags and when are annotated tags preferred over lightweight tags?

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3. Which command creates an annotated tag named v1.2.0 with a message?

4. How do you push a single tag named v2.0.0 to origin?

5. In Semantic Versioning MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, which increment signals backward-incompatible changes?

6. Which is a valid SemVer pre-release tag?

7. What should high-quality release notes include for a tagged release?

8. Which command creates a GPG-signed tag?

9. How would you design a tagging strategy for a service with weekly releases, hotfixes, and experimental builds?

10. Which command lists commits between tags v1.1.0 (exclusive) and v1.2.0 (inclusive) on current branch?

11. How do Git hosting releases relate to Git tags, and what extras do they provide?

12. Which command shows the most recent tag reachable from HEAD?

13. You want CI to cut a PATCH release on every merged hotfix PR. Which approach is most appropriate?

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1. Which pair correctly deletes a remote tag v1.0.0 from origin after deleting it locally?

2. Why do teams create Git tags and when are annotated tags preferred over lightweight tags?

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3. Which command creates an annotated tag named v1.2.0 with a message?

4. How do you push a single tag named v2.0.0 to origin?

5. In Semantic Versioning MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, which increment signals backward-incompatible changes?

6. Which is a valid SemVer pre-release tag?

7. What should high-quality release notes include for a tagged release?

8. Which command creates a GPG-signed tag?

9. How would you design a tagging strategy for a service with weekly releases, hotfixes, and experimental builds?

10. Which command lists commits between tags v1.1.0 (exclusive) and v1.2.0 (inclusive) on current branch?

11. How do Git hosting releases relate to Git tags, and what extras do they provide?

12. Which command shows the most recent tag reachable from HEAD?

13. You want CI to cut a PATCH release on every merged hotfix PR. Which approach is most appropriate?

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