diff --git a/packages/git/src/index.ts b/packages/git/src/index.ts
index 42adc4211..b60805f90 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/index.ts
@@ -286,11 +286,10 @@ export async function getChangedPackagesSinceRef({
       .filter((pkg, idx, packages) => packages.indexOf(pkg) === idx)
   );
 }
-async function tagExists(tagStr: string) {
+
+export async function tagExists(tagStr: string) {
   const gitCmd = await spawn("git", ["tag", "-l", tagStr]);
   const output = gitCmd.stdout.toString().trim();
   const tagExists = !!output;
   return tagExists;
 }
-
-  tagExists,