> A tag is a ref like any other: > > git checkout -b branchname tag
For some operations, "git pull" in particular, I need to include a "tags/" prefix. E.g.
$ git fetch remote: Generating pack... remote: Done counting 27780 objects. remote: Result has 22237 objects. remote: Deltifying 22237 objects. remote: 100% (22237/22237) done Unpacking 22237 objects remote: Total 22237, written 22237 (delta 18295), reused 17624 (delta 14183) 100% (22237/22237) done * refs/heads/origin: fast forward to branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 from a77c64c1a641950626181b4857abb701d8f38ccc to d223a60106891bfe46febfacf46b20cd8509aaad Auto-following refs/tags/v2.6.19-rc1 remote: Generating pack... remote: Done counting 1 objects. remote: Deltifying 1 objects. remote: 100% (1/1) done remote: Total 1, written 1 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0) Unpacking 1 objects 100% (1/1) done * refs/tags/v2.6.19-rc1: storing tag 'v2.6.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
$ git pull . v2.6.19-rc1 error: no such remote ref refs/heads/v2.6.19-rc1 Fetch failure: .
$ git pull -n . tags/v2.6.19-rc1 Updating from e478bec0ba0a83a48a0f6982934b6de079e7e6b3 to d223a60106891bfe46febfacf46b20cd8509aaad Checking files out... Checking files out... 100% (6590/6590) done Fast forward