Lastly, we should tag our release. Tags, in Git, are markers that highlight certain points in the commit history as being important. Releases are important, so the convention is to represent releases as tags on the master branch.
There are two types of tags: lightweight and annotated tags. A lightweight tag is simply a pointer to a particular commit. Annotated tags are, on the other hand, full objects in the Git database, similar to a commit. Annotated tags contain information about the tagger, the date, and an optional message. We should use annotated tags to tag releases.
The Git Manual (accessible when you run git tag --help) states "Annotated tags are meant for release while lightweight tags are meant for private or temporary ...
