Github Tags Datasource

Table of values

Name	Value	Notes
Identifier	github-tags
Default versioning	No default versioning
Custom registry support	Yes
Release timestamp support	Yes	The get release timestamp is determined from the releaseTimestamp field in the results.
Source URL support	Yes	The source URL is determined by using the packageName and registryUrl.

Description

This datasource allows lookup Git tags from GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise repositories.

• registryUrl: The URL of the GitHub registry to use. Defaults to https://github.com/.
• packageName: The name of the repository to lookup. in the format owner/repo. e.g. renovatebot/renovate.

Open items

The below list of features and bugs were current when this page was generated on December 27, 2025.

Feature requests

• Progressively enhance git-refs #19459
• Use Etag caching for GitHub tag and release retrieval #11420

Bug reports

• Source url isn't provided for digest-only updates #15889