Delete All Your Remote Git Tags in a Row

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Today i will introduce a simple command line to delete all your remote git tags.

  • Note1: Only OSX System tested.
  • Note2: You will probably need to download and install the Apple Developer Tools.

Command line

git ls-remote --tags | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -n1 git push --delete origin

Details

List remote tags

git ls-remote --tags

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From [email protected]:kwent/TTTRegexAttributedLabel.git
fb3dbbe61dc0af7428cde1a60ec2c4b6579650ab  refs/tags/1.7.1
b38bad9153621f25a310216daa59d5535effea53  refs/tags/1.7.2
2bba8a3b2eef03449d5ea0c7100c4be520b6a353  refs/tags/1.7.5
2d94ab087de50066afa838027e448eb0e16d5f50  refs/tags/1.8.0

Grep good column

git ls-remote --tags | awk '{print $2}'

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From [email protected]:kwent/TTTRegexAttributedLabel.git
refs/tags/1.7.1
refs/tags/1.7.2
refs/tags/1.7.5
refs/tags/1.8.0

Deletion

git ls-remote --tags | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -n1 git push --delete origin

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