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+from reference import Reference
+
+__all__ = ["TagReference", "Tag"]
+
+
+	
+class TagReference(Reference):
+	"""Class representing a lightweight tag reference which either points to a commit 
+	,a tag object or any other object. In the latter case additional information, 
+	like the signature or the tag-creator, is available.
+	
+	This tag object will always point to a commit object, but may carray additional
+	information in a tag object::
+	
+	 tagref = TagReference.list_items(repo)[0]
+	 print tagref.commit.message
+	 if tagref.tag is not None:
+		print tagref.tag.message"""
+	
+	__slots__ = tuple()
+	_common_path_default = "refs/tags"
+	
+	@property
+	def commit(self):
+		""":return: Commit object the tag ref points to"""
+		obj = self.object
+		if obj.type == "commit":
+			return obj
+		elif obj.type == "tag":
+			# it is a tag object which carries the commit as an object - we can point to anything
+			return obj.object
+		else:
+			raise ValueError( "Tag %s points to a Blob or Tree - have never seen that before" % self )	
+
+	@property
+	def tag(self):
+		"""
+		:return: Tag object this tag ref points to or None in case 
+			we are a light weight tag"""
+		obj = self.object
+		if obj.type == "tag":
+			return obj
+		return None
+		
+	# make object read-only
+	# It should be reasonably hard to adjust an existing tag
+	object = property(Reference._get_object)
+		
+	@classmethod
+	def create(cls, repo, path, ref='HEAD', message=None, force=False, **kwargs):
+		"""Create a new tag reference.
+		
+		:param path:
+			The name of the tag, i.e. 1.0 or releases/1.0. 
+			The prefix refs/tags is implied
+			
+		:param ref:
+			A reference to the object you want to tag. It can be a commit, tree or 
+			blob.
+			
+		:param message:
+			If not None, the message will be used in your tag object. This will also 
+			create an additional tag object that allows to obtain that information, i.e.::
+			
+				tagref.tag.message
+			
+		:param force:
+			If True, to force creation of a tag even though that tag already exists.
+			
+		:param kwargs:
+			Additional keyword arguments to be passed to git-tag
+			
+		:return: A new TagReference"""
+		args = ( path, ref )
+		if message:
+			kwargs['m'] =  message
+		if force:
+			kwargs['f'] = True
+		
+		repo.git.tag(*args, **kwargs)
+		return TagReference(repo, "%s/%s" % (cls._common_path_default, path))
+		
+	@classmethod
+	def delete(cls, repo, *tags):
+		"""Delete the given existing tag or tags"""
+		repo.git.tag("-d", *tags)
+		
+		
+		
+# provide an alias
+Tag = TagReference