How to create a new branch from a tag?
Wow, that was easier than I thought:
Wow, that was easier than I thought:
Use the -f option to git tag: You probably want to use -f in conjunction with -a to force-create an annotated tag instead of a non-annotated one. Example Delete the tag on any remote before you pushgit push origin :refs/tags/<tagname> Replace the tag to reference the most recent commitgit tag -fa <tagname> Push the tag to the remote origingit push origin master … Read more
–depth 1 is optional but if you only need the state at that one revision, you probably want to skip downloading all the history up to that revision.
will give you the whole repository. After the clone, you can list the tags with $ git tag -l and then checkout a specific tag: Even better, checkout and create a branch (otherwise you will be on a branch named after the revision number of tag):
You can create tags for GitHub by either using: the Git command line, or GitHub’s web interface. Creating tags from the command line To create a tag on your current branch, run this: If you want to include a description with your tag, add -a to create an annotated tag: This will create a local tag with the current state … Read more
To push a single tag: And the following command should push all tags (not recommended):
You can push an ’empty’ reference to the remote tag name: Or, more expressively, use the –delete option (or -d if your git version is older than 1.8.0): Note that git has tag namespace and branch namespace so you may use the same name for a branch and for a tag. If you want to … Read more
Let’s start by explaining what a tag in git is A tag is used to label and mark a specific commit in the history.It is usually used to mark release points (eg. v1.0, etc.). Although a tag may appear similar to a branch, a tag, however, does not change. It points directly to a specific commit in the history and will not … Read more