В общем споткнулся на последнем шаге:
$ ssh git.alt task show
Enter passphrase for key '......':
id=141169 locked=no shared=no test_only=no repo=sisyphus owner=ruslandh state=NEW try= iter=
$ ssh git.alt task add 141169 repo docs-informatika 0.2-alt1.1
Enter passphrase for key '.....':
girar-task add: 0.2-alt1.1: tag name not found
хотя:
$ gear-create-tag -n "0.2-alt1.1" -m "0,2-alt1.1"
gear-create-tag: Creating tag named "0.2-alt1.1" using tag message "0,2-alt1.1" for commit 2abb761282c148456d03bba793e253852927b7f7
fatal: tag '0.2-alt1.1' already exists
gear-create-tag: Failed to create tag "0.2-alt1.1"