Git tags not working. It triggers the build despite what I define

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Hi,

I’m struggling my head to try to understand how git tags are working https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/workflows/#executing-workflows-for-a-git-tag
And looking for all the comments related seems that I am not the only one. So something could be not well explained in the documentation.

I want to execute the build only when it matches some specific git tag.
Let’s say for example the config-test-circleci tag

So I do the following:

  • Being in my test branch I commit some changes

  • I create one tag with git tag config-test-circleci and push it with git push

  • I can see the tag there if I do one git tag

  • In my config.yaml I have the following config:

    workflows:
  build_and_push:
    jobs:
      - build_push_test:
          filters:
            tags:
              only: /.*aefdefwefwefwfwefwefwefwf.*/

Obviously aefdefwefwefwfwefwefwefwf does not match with the config-test-circleci git tag. but it execute the build the same… Why???
What is failing here?.

If I configure my config.yaml with:

  workflows:
    build_and_push:
      jobs:
        - build_push_test:
            filters:
              tags:
                only: /^config-test.*/
              branches:
                ignore: /.*/

It does not execute the build.
Why?

How can I execute the build in one branch when it match ONLY que it match some specific git tag?
Honestly I am totally confused about how this works.
Any help will be much appreciated.

Gonzo

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Hi @gonzalomarcote,
CircleCI does not run workflows for tags unless you explicitly specify tag filters. However, if you push a fresh commit the workflow will run.

In order to trigger a workflow based on a tag, you can use tag filtering. If you have a look at your pipelines page, you will see a tag icon under the “branch/commit” heading. If the tag icon is present this indicates a tag was committed, which created a pipelines. This particular pipeline will not run unless you use tag filtering to execute workflows.