Git branch from remote tag

Question

I've created a new local git repository mirrored from another remote repository:

git init git remote add original {url} git pull original master git remote add origin {url} git push -u origin master

This would create a mirror of originals master branch. Now I would like to create a new branch of a tag from original.

How the commands should look like? I tried git checkout -b newbranch original/tagname but I got:

fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'newbranch' at the same time. Did you intend to checkout 'original/tagname' which can not be resolved as commit?

jchapa · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-23 17:50:57Z

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You need to wrap this in two instructions

git checkout tagname && git checkout -b newbranch

Alternatively

git checkout tagname -b newbranch

edited Feb 23, 2013 at 17:50

answered Feb 23, 2013 at 17:45

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dtrunk Over a year ago

It is a remote tag, both commands didn't work (same error message as described above)

jchapa Over a year ago

You should do git pull original tagname

Obaid Over a year ago

@dtrunk try adding the tags/ prefix to your remote tag name like this git checkout tags/<remote-tag-name> -b <new-local-branch-name>

powder366 Over a year ago

And how to I track a remote tag? And can I pull from it?

PsychicPuppy Over a year ago

Need to do a fetch forst to update the tag list

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nicky12345 · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-26 15:18:25Z

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This worked for me

$git fetch --tags $git tag $git checkout -b <new_branch_name> <tagname>

answered Nov 26, 2014 at 15:18

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Chronial · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-23 17:51:03Z

There is no concept of “remote tracking tags” like there are “remote tracking branches”. You either get the tags from the repo or you don’t. At least in the standard settings. You can change that, but I would not recommend that. Does this not work?

git checkout -b newbranch tagname

imesh · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-09 07:38:27Z

The following bash script can be used for automating this process:

#!/bin/bash old_name="old-branch-name" new_name="new-branch-name" git checkout ${old_name} git branch -m ${old_name} ${new_name} git push origin :${old_name} ${new_name} git push origin -u ${new_name} echo "Branch ${old_name} renamed to ${new_name}"

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