--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -1979,6 +1979,8 @@ def tag(ui, repo, name, rev=None, **opts
"""
if name == "tip":
raise util.Abort(_("the name 'tip' is reserved"))
+ if 'rev' in opts:
+ rev = opts['rev']
if rev:
r = hex(repo.lookup(rev))
else:
@@ -2333,7 +2335,8 @@ table = {
[('l', 'local', None, _('make the tag local')),
('m', 'message', "", _('message for tag commit log entry')),
('d', 'date', "", _('record datecode as commit date')),
- ('u', 'user', "", _('record user as commiter'))],
+ ('u', 'user', "", _('record user as commiter')),
+ ('r', 'rev', "", _('revision to tag'))],
_('hg tag [OPTION]... NAME [REV]')),
"tags": (tags, [], _('hg tags')),
"tip": (tip, [], _('hg tip')),