# branching based on tag. 2 messages from 2012-05-04 to 2012-05-04. Participants: karunakar merugu, Hallvard Breien Furuseth. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30419 ## karunakar merugu, 2012-05-04 09:18 Subject: branching based on tag. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CABECqUE-WqnR_wQzMsuEFmUu86_9i%2BGnJdEKYXwB%2BWancTFnOA%40mail.gmail.com ``` hi I am new to the git. I just cloned the repository by following command git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git After this I checked tags by git tag -l it gives me the lot of tags.I just want to work on some specific tag.Is it possible for me to create separate branch on that specific tag. thanks, karunakar. ``` ## Hallvard Breien Furuseth, 2012-05-04 09:53 Subject: Re: branching based on tag. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/d0a5c7b492d53912d12f25ba6f8fe828%40ulrik.uio.no In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, 4 May 2012 14:48:58 +0530, karunakar merugu wrote: > git tag -l > it gives me the lot of tags.I just want to work on some specific > tag.Is it possible for me to create separate branch on that specific > tag. Start a new branch from the tag, and check that branch out so you can work in it: git checkout -b your-new-branch tagname This is shorthand for the two commands git branch your-new-branch tagname git checkout your-new-branch You should probably not move the tag, though you can with the 'git tag' command. -- Hallvard ```