How can I move a tag on a git branch to a different commit

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I created a tag on the master branch called v0 1 like this   git tag -a v0 1   But then I realized there were still some changes I needed to merge into master for release 0 1  so I did that  But now my v0 1 tag is stuck on  to invoke the post-it note analogy  the wrong commit  I want it to be stuck on the most recent commit on master  but instead it is stuck on the second most recent commit on master   How can I move it to the most recent commit on master

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I try to avoid a few things when using Git.

Using knowledge of the internals, e.g. refs/tags. I try to use solely the documented Git commands and avoid using things which require knowledge of the internal contents of the .git directory. (That is to say, I treat Git as a Git user and not a Git developer.)
The use of force when not required.
Overdoing things. (Pushing a branch and/or lots of tags, to get one tag where I want it.)

So here is my non-violent solution for changing a tag, both locally and remotely, without knowledge of the Git internals.

I use it when a software fix ultimately has a problem and needs to be updated/re-released.

git tag -d fix123                # delete the old local tag
git push github :fix123          # delete the old remote tag (use for each affected remote)
git tag fix123 790a621265        # create a new local tag
git push github fix123           # push new tag to remote    (use for each affected remote)

github is a sample remote name, fix123 is a sample tag name, and 790a621265 a sample commit.

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Delete it with git tag -d  lt tagname gt  and then recreate it on the correct commit

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I ll leave here just another form of this command that suited my needs  There was a tag v0 0 1 2 that I wanted to move     git tag -f v0 0 1 2 63eff6a  Updated tag  v0 0 1 2   was 8078562    And then      git push --tags --force

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Alias to move one tag to a different commit   In your sample  to move commit with hash e2ea1639 do  git tagm v0 1 e2ea1639   For pushed tags  use git tagmp v0 1 e2ea1639   Both alias keeps you original date and message  If you use git tag -d you lost your original message   Save them on your  gitconfig file    Return date of tag   To use in another alias  tag-date     git show  1   awk    if   1      Date       print substr  0  index  0  3         tail -2   head -1       Show tag message tag-message     git show  1   awk -v capture 0    if capture  message message    n   0   BEGIN  message          if   1      Date     amp  amp  length message   0    capture 1   if   1      commit      capture 0      END   print message      sed    d    cat -s         Move tag  Use  git tagm  lt tagname gt   lt newcommit gt   tagm     GIT TAG MESSAGE   git tag-message  1   amp  amp  GIT COMMITTER DATE   git tag-date  1   amp  amp  git tag-message  1  amp  amp  git tag -d  1  amp  amp  git tag -a  1  2 -m    GIT TAG MESSAGE           Move pushed tag  Use  git tagmp  lt tagname gt   lt newcommit gt   tagmp     git tagm  1  2  amp  amp  git push --delete origin  1  amp  amp  git push origin  1

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If you want to move an annotated tag  changing only the targeted commit but preserving the annotation message and other metadata use   moveTag       local tagName  1     Support passing branch tag names  not just full commit hashes    local newTarget   git rev-parse  2  commit      git cat-file -p refs tags  tagName        sed  1 s  object     object  newTarget g         git hash-object -w --stdin -t tag        xargs -I    git update-ref refs tags  tagName        usage  moveTag  lt tag-to-move gt   lt target gt   The above function was developed by referencing teerapap git-move-annotated-tag sh

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Use the -f option to git tag   -f --force      Replace an existing tag with the given name  instead of failing    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 push  git push origin  refs tags  lt tagname gt   Replace the tag to reference the most recent commit  git tag -fa  lt tagname gt   Push the tag to the remote origin  git push origin master --tags

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More precisely  you have to force the addition of the tag  then push with option --tags and -f   git tag -f -a  lt tagname gt  git push -f --tags

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To sum up if your remote is called origin and you re working on master branch   git tag -d  lt tagname gt  git push origin  refs tags  lt tagname gt  git tag  lt tagname gt   lt commitId gt  git push origin  lt tagname gt     Line 1 removes the tag in local env  Line 2 removes the tag in remote env  Line 3 adds the tag to different commit Line 4 pushes the change to the remote   You can also exchange line 4 to git push origin --tags to push all the changes with tags from your local changes   Basing on  stuart-golodetz   greg-hewgill   eedeep   ben-hocking answers  comments below their answers and NateS comments below my answer

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One other way   Move tag in remote repo  Replace HEAD with any other if needed      git push --force origin HEAD refs tags v0 0 1 2   Fetch changes back     git fetch --tags

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