Download a specific tag with Git

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I m trying to figure out how I can download a particular tag of a Git repository - it s one version behind the current version   I saw there was a tag for the previous version on the git web page  with object name of something long hex number    But the version name is  Tagged release 1 1 5  according the site   I tried a command like this  with names changed    git clone http   git abc net git abc git my abc   And I did get something - a directory  a bunch of subdirectories  etc     If it s the whole repository  how do I get at the version I m seeking  If not  how do I download that particular version

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For checking out only a given tag for deployment, I use e.g.:

git clone -b 'v2.0' --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/git/git.git

This seems to be the fastest way to check out code from a remote repository if one has only interest in the most recent code instead of in a complete repository. In this way, it resembles the 'svn co' command.

Note: Per the Git manual, passing the --depth flag implies --single-branch by default.

--depth

Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number of commits. Implies --single-branch unless --no-single-branch is given to fetch the histories near the tips of all branches. If you want to clone submodules shallowly, also pass --shallow-submodules.

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git fetch  lt gitserver gt   lt remotetag gt   lt localtag gt                                         I just did this  First I made sure I knew the tag name spelling   git ls-remote --tags gitserver    or origin  whatever your remote is called   This gave me a list of tags on my git server to choose from   The original poster already knew his tag s name so this step is not necessary for everyone  The output looked like this  though the real list was longer   8acb6864d10caa9baf25cc1e4857371efb01f7cd    refs tags v5 2 2 2 f4ba9d79e3d760f1990c2117187b5010e92e1ea2    refs tags v5 2 3 1 8dd05466201b51fcaf4ca85897347d82fcb29518    refs tags Fix 109 9b5087090d9077c10ba22d99d5ce90d8a45c50a3    refs tags Fix 110   I picked the tag I wanted and fetched that and nothing more as follows   git fetch gitserver Fix 110   I then tagged this on my local machine  giving my tag the same name   git tag Fix 110 FETCH HEAD   I didn t want to clone the remote repository as other people have suggested doing  as the project I am working on is large and I want to develop in a nice clean environment  I feel this is closer to the original questions  I m trying to figure out how do download A PARTICULAR TAG  than the solution which suggests cloning the whole repository  I don t see why anyone should have to have a copy of Windows NT and Windows 8 1 source code if they want to look at DOS 0 1 source code  for example    I also didn t want to use CHECKOUT as others have suggested  I had a branch checked out and didn t want to affect that  My intention was to fetch the software I wanted so that I could cherry-pick something and add that to my development   There is probably a way to fetch the tag itself rather than just a copy of the commit that was tagged  I had to tag the fetched commit myself  EDIT  Ah yes  I have found it now   git fetch gitserver Fix 110 Fix 110   Where you see the colon  that is remote-name local-name and here they are the tag names  This runs without upsetting the working tree etc  It just seems to copy stuff from the remote to the local machine so you have your own copy   git fetch gitserver --dry-run Fix 110 Fix 110   with the --dry-run option added will let you have a look at what the command would do  if you want to verify its what you want  So I guess a simple  git fetch gitserver remotetag localtag   is the real answer      A separate note about tags     When I start something new I usually tag the empty repository after git init  since  git rebase -i XXXXX    requires a commit  and the question arises  how do you rebase changes that include your first software change   So when I start working I do   git init touch  gitignore  then add it and commit it  and finally  git tag EMPTY   i e  create a commit before my first real change and then later use  git rebase -i EMPTY    if I want to rebase all my work  including the first change

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I checked the git checkout documentation  it revealed one interesting thing      git checkout -b  lt new branch name gt   lt start point gt      where the  lt start point gt  is the name of a commit   at which to start the new branch    Defaults to HEAD   So we can mention the tag name  as tag is nothing but a name of a commit  as  say       gt  gt  git checkout -b 1 0 2 branch 1 0 2    later  modify some files     gt  gt  git push --tags   P S  In Git  you can t update a tag directly since tag is just a label to a commit   you need to checkout the same tag as a branch and then commit to it and then create a separate tag

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Checking out Tags  If you want to view the versions of files a tag is pointing to  you can do a git checkout  though this puts your repository in    detached HEAD    state  which has some ill side effects     git checkout 2 0 0 Note  checking out  2 0 0    You are in  detached HEAD  state  You can look around  make experimental changes and commit them  and you can discard any commits you make in this state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout   If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create  you may do so  now or later  by using -b with the checkout command again  Example     git checkout -b  lt new-branch-name gt   HEAD is now at 99ada87    Merge pull request  89 from schacon appendix-final    git checkout 2 0-beta-0 1 Previous HEAD position was 99ada87    Merge pull request  89 from schacon appendix-final HEAD is now at df3f601    add atlas json and cover image   In    detached HEAD    state  if you make changes and then create a commit  the tag will stay the same  but your new commit won   t belong to any branch and will be unreachable  except for by the exact commit hash  Thus  if you need to make changes   say you   re fixing a bug on an older version  for instance   you will generally want to create a branch     git checkout -b version2 v2 0 0 Switched to a new branch  version2    If you do this and make a commit  your version2 branch will be slightly different than your v2 0 0 tag since it will move forward with your new changes  so do be careful

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If your tags are sortable using the linux sort command  use this   git tag   sort -n   tail -1   eg  if git tag returns   v1 0 1 v1 0 2 v1 0 5 v1 0 4   git tag   sort -n   tail -1 will output   v1 0 5   git tag   sort -n   tail -2   head -1 will output   v1 0 4    because you asked for the second most recent tag   to checkout the tag  first clone the repo  then type   git checkout v1 0 4     or whatever tag you need

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I m not a git expert  but I think this should work   git clone http   git abc net git abc git cd abc git checkout my abc    OR  git clone http   git abc net git abc git cd abc git checkout -b new branch my abc   The second variation establishes a new branch based on the tag  which lets you avoid a  detached HEAD    git-checkout manual   Every git repo contains the entire revision history  so cloning the repo gives you access to the latest commit  plus everything that came before  including the tag you re looking for

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try   git clone -b  lt name of the tag gt   lt repository url gt   lt destination gt

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I do this is via the github API   curl -H  Authorization  token   access token s  -sL -o  tmp repo tar gz  http   api github com repos   organisation s   repo s tarball   tag s     tar xfz  tmp repo tar gz -C  tmp repo --strip-components 1

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git clone --branch my abc http   git abc net git abc git   Will clone the repo and leave you on the tag you are interested in   Documentation for 1 8 0 of git clone states      --branch can also take tags and detaches the HEAD at that commit in the resulting repository

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Use the --single-branch switch  available as of Git 1 7 10   The syntax is   git clone -b  lt tag name gt  --single-branch  lt repo url gt    lt dest dir gt      For example   git clone -b  v1 9 5  --single-branch https   github com git git git git-1 9 5   The benefit  Git will receive objects and  need to  resolve deltas for the specified branch tag only - while checking out the exact same amount of files  Depending on the source repository  this will save you a lot of disk space   Plus  it ll be much quicker

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You can use git archive to download a tar ball for a given tag or commit id   git archive --format tar --remote  hostname   path to repo   tag name   gt  tagged version tar   You can also export a zip archive of a tag    List tags   git tag  0 0 1 0 1 0  Export a tag   git archive -o  tmp my-repo-0 1 0 zip --prefix my-repo-0 1 0  0 1 0  Notes    You do not need to specify the format  It will be picked up by the output file name  Specifying the prefix will make your code export to a directory  if you include a trailing slash

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git clone   will give you the whole repository   After the clone  you can list the tags with   git tag -l and then checkout a specific tag     git checkout tags  lt tag name gt    Even better  checkout and create a branch  otherwise you will be on a branch named after the revision number of tag      git checkout tags  lt tag name gt  -b  lt branch name gt

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Working off of Peter Johnson s answer  I created a nice little alias for myself   alias gcolt  git checkout   git tag   sort -V   tail -1     aka  git checkout latest tag    This relies on the GNU version of sort  which appropriately handles situations like the one lOranger pointed out   v1 0 1     v1 0 9 v1 0 10   If you re on a mac  brew install coreutils and then call gsort instead

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first fetch all the tags in that specific remote   git fetch  lt remote gt   refs tags   refs tags      or just simply type  git fetch  lt remote gt    Then check for the available tags   git tag -l   then switch to that specific tag using below command  git checkout tags  lt tag name gt    Hope this will helps you

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