GitHub, by default, &lt;del&gt;creates a &quot;release&quot; point when you push a tag&lt;/del&gt; (like you can [see in my project][1]), but that doesn&#39;t mean it creates an actual release.

By default, a tag has one deliverable associated to the tag, and that is the compressed sources of the repo.

Creating a release means associating *other* deliverables (executables or other binaries) that you may wish to publish under that tag/release.  
But you don&#39;t have to add any more files (other then the sources) if you don&#39;t want to.

So: by default, **you don&#39;t have any release**, only &quot;release placeholders&quot; (one per tag), for you to create a release.

As long as you don&#39;t upload a binary to a new release, the tags that you have pushed don&#39;t represent a release.

----

**Update**

As of 2017-05-31, Github support has stated it&#39;s &quot;not currently possible as all tags will appear in [the release] list&quot; - they said they&#39;d pass it along as a feature request, though.

---

2018-04-17 A &quot;[new request on Github community][2]&quot; says it is in the feature request.

----

2021-10-04: a [new public beta of GitHub Releases][3] states:

&gt; **Tags no longer show in the Release list view**

[![releases][4]][4]


  [1]: https://github.com/VonC/compileEverything/releases
  [2]: https://github.community/t5/How-to-use-Git-and-GitHub/Tag-without-release/m-p/7906
  [3]: https://github.blog/2021-10-04-beta-github-releases-improving-release-experience/
  [4]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/fwaFn.png

Give our new Releases UI Refresh a look, we changed the default behavior and no longer show tags without releases in the release list

https://github.blog/2021-10-04-beta-github-releases-improving-release-experience/

I am using apache kafka to produce and consume a file 5GB in size. I want to know if there is a way where the message from the topic is automatically removed after it is consumed.  Do I have any way to keep track of consumed messages?  I don&#39;t want to delete it manually. 


Delete message after consuming it in KAFKA

I&#39;m listening to a hardware event message, but I need to debounce it to avoid too many queries.

This is an hardware event that sends the machine status and I have to store it in a database for statistical purposes, and it sometimes happens that its status changes very often (flickering?). In this case I would like to store only a &quot;stable&quot; status and I want to implement it by simply waiting for 1-2s before storing the status to the database.

This is my code:

    private MachineClass connect()
    {
        try
        {
            MachineClass rpc = new MachineClass();
            rpc.RxVARxH += eventRxVARxH;
            return rpc;
        }
        catch (Exception e1)
        {
            log.Error(e1.Message);
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    private void eventRxVARxH(MachineClass Machine)
    {
        log.Debug(&quot;Event fired&quot;);
    }

I call this behaviour &quot;debounce&quot;: wait a few times to really do its job: if the same event is fired again during the debounce time, I have to dismiss the first request and start to wait the debounce time to complete the second event.

What is the best choice to manage it? Simply a one-shot timer?

To explain the &quot;debounce&quot; function please see this javascript implementation for key events:
http://benalman.com/code/projects/jquery-throttle-debounce/examples/debounce/

C# event debounce

I want to tag a certain commit. When I push the tag, GitHub assumes it&#39;s a release, I don&#39;t want that.

Is there a way to just push the tag without releasing?

GitHub: A tag but not a release

<p>I want to tag a certain commit. When I push the tag, GitHub assumes it's a release, I don't want that.</p>
<p>Is there a way to just push the tag without releasing?</p>


I need to write a gradle script to auto version my application on every commit. I need to also include the commit hash as a reference in the application for testers.

I am confused how auto versioning usually work. Can someone explain the autoversioning process?

Gradle script to autoversion and include the commit hash in Android

Is it possible to change the commit date from my commit to the author date?

I adapted some commits and now the dates are all the same. I want to set it back to the old dates (or the author dates). Is this possible?

I am using Sourcetree so I have the git command line but I am not a pro at that. My external repository is bitbucket.

GIT: change commit date to author date

My question is rather simple, though I have had no luck finding an answer.

I&#39;d like to remove the leading plus/minus symbols from each line in `git diff`. Before you ask why I wish to do this, allow me to outline my reasons:

1. Lines that are exactly 80 chars will overflow by a single character, which just looks plain awkward
2. The coloring is enough for me to distinguish between additions/deletions
3. I&#39;d prefer to keep my Terminal&#39;s window width at 80 chars (as opposed to an arbitrary 81 chars) to maintain consistency with everything else I do in my Terminal (outside of `git`)

Is there some config option for doing this? If not, how can I do this in a way that still allows me to page through my diff `less`-style?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Git: remove leading plus/minus from lines in diff

Is it possible to use git checkout -- on multiple files in order to discard the changes? 

If so how would I specify multiple files?

Can I use &quot;git checkout --&quot; on two files?

I want to delete all branches that get listed in the output of ...

    $ git branch

... but keeping current branch, *in one step*. Is that possible? If so, how?

Can I delete all the local branches except the current one?

In GitHub, is there an easy way to navigate to the earliest commit of a large open source project? 

The project has over 13,000 commits as of today. I don&#39;t want to have to press the &quot;Older&quot; button on the commit history page hundreds and hundreds of times to get to the initial commit (or first commit).

How to navigate to the earliest commit in a repository?

My team alternates between usage of dev and master as default branch for several repos and I would like to write a script that checks for the default branch when entering a directory.

When pull requests are opened in some of these repos, they either default to &#39;dev&#39; or &#39;master&#39; as the merge target.

I understand how to set this information but not retrieve it: 
https://help.github.com/articles/setting-the-default-branch/

Is there a git command available to determine default branch for remote repository?

git - how to get default branch?

I&#39;m looking for ways to reduce the size of a `git` repository. Searching leads me to `git gc --aggressive` most of the times. I have also read that this isn&#39;t the preferred approach.  

Why? what should I be aware of if I&#39;m running `gc --aggressive`?

`git repack -a -d --depth=250 --window=250` is recommended over `gc --aggressive`. Why? How does `repack` reduce the size of a repository? Also, I&#39;m not quite clear about the flags `--depth` and `--window`.

What should I choose between `gc` and `repack`? When should I use `gc` and `repack`?

git gc --aggressive vs git repack

How do I list a private Github repo as a `&quot;dependency&quot;` in `package.json`? I tried [npm&#39;s Github URLs][1] syntaxes like `ryanve/example`, but doing `npm install` in the package folder gives &quot;could not install&quot; errors for the private dependencies. Is there a special syntax (or some other mechanism) for depending on private repos?

  [1]: https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#github-urls




How to use private Github repo as npm dependency

Anyone know if there&#39;s a way to create GitHub Pages for a Private Repo?

I was just thinking about the possibility to use GitHub Pages to host a small website, but keep the source repository private. This way the only way the content would be exposed would be through the public GitHub Pages URL.

FYI, I would just try it and see, but I don&#39;t want to convert to a paid GitHub account at this point until I know if this is possible.

GitHub Pages for Private Repository

Say I do the following:

 1. Create branch `X`
 2. Create Tag `t` (to branch `X`)
 3. Push
 4. Remove branch `X`

What happen to tag `t`? is it just floating there? is it considered as garbage?

Should I remove all tags pointing at branch before removing the branch itself?

### Reference 
From [Git Basics - Tagging](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging):

&gt; Git uses two main types of tags: lightweight and annotated. A
&gt; lightweight tag is very much like a branch that doesn’t change – **it’s
&gt; just a pointer to a specific commit.**

What happen to Git tags pointing to a removed commit

When I know I won&#39;t use a branch any more is it possible to close or lock it? Actually I would like to close a branch but I don&#39;t think it is possible to close a branch with GIT. what about the delete. What happens to my history when I delete a branch? 

how to close a branch in git

when I checkout remote git tag use command like this:

    git checkout -b local_branch_name origin/remote_tag_name

I got error like this:
    
&gt; error: pathspec `origin/remote_tag_name` did not match any file(s) known to git.

I can find remote_tag_name when I use git tag command.

What is git tag, How to create tags &amp; How to checkout git remote tag(s)

I type `git tag` and it lists my current tags:

    1.2.3
    1.2.4

How can I determine which of these is annotated, and which is lightweight?

How can I tell if a given git tag is annotated or lightweight?

This command fetches **all** tags:

    git fetch origin --tags

This command fetches a specific tag:

    git fetch origin refs/tags/1.0.0

**But** that doesn&#39;t let me do:

    git checkout tags/2.3.18

How can I fetch a single tag and then perform a checkout?

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Solution 1 - Git	VonC	View Answer on Stackoverflow
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GitHub: A tag but not a release

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C# event debounce

Delete message after consuming it in KAFKA

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