What is the primary functional difference between an annotated tag and a lightweight tag, especially in terms of information storage?

A lightweight tag, also often referred to as a simple tag, serves as a direct, unadorned pointer to a specific commit object within the Git repository. In terms of information storage, a lightweight tag solely contains the SHA-1 hash (a unique identifier) of the commit it references. It is effectively a symbolic name for a particular commit, stored locally in the `.git/refs/tags` directory, and does not store any additional metadata about the tag itself beyond the commit it points to. It behaves much like a branch that never advances. Conversely, an annotated tag is a more co....