Auto Push Tags

This extension asks whether to push a Git tag to the remote right after you create it, so you don't forget to push it and leave the remote without the release tag.

Creating a tag from Source Control → Tags → Create Tag only creates it locally. With this extension, a notification pops up:

Tag "v1.2.0" was created. Push it to origin?

• Push pushes only that tag (git push origin refs/tags/v1.2.0).
• Always push pushes it, and pushes later tags without asking.
• Never ask stops asking.

When more than one repository is open, the notification names the repository.

Settings

• autoPushTags.mode: ask (default), always or never.

How it works

The extension watches every repository opened by VS Code's Git extension and reacts to any new local tag:

• Tags that exist when VS Code starts never prompt.
• More than 3 new tags at once is assumed to be a fetch or pull, and ignored.
• The tag is pushed to the current branch's upstream remote, otherwise origin, otherwise the first remote. Repositories without a remote are ignored.
• Tags already on the remote never prompt.

It runs where the repository lives (WSL, SSH, Dev Containers) and uses that side's Git, SSH keys and credentials.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.80 or later, with the built-in Git extension enabled.
• A Git credential helper or SSH agent for the remote: the push runs without a terminal, so Git can't prompt for a password.

Known Issues

This is an alpha release, expect the unexpected ! Please open issues in this GitHub repo and/or contribute a PR.

• The Git API doesn't say which command created a tag, so tags created in the terminal prompt too.
• Tags created while VS Code was closed never prompt.

Release Notes

0.1.0

• Initial release