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A steps of commands to rename a tag in git repository. Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5719854/1061371
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RenameTagInGitRepository
# checkout the old tag
git checkout old
# create a new tag
git tag new
# delete the old tag on local git repository
git tag -d old
# delete the old tag on remote git repository
git push origin :refs/tags/old
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