Git Tip: checkout tag of repository

How to checkout a specific tag of a repository

1. Check out the repo:

 git clone https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/microblog.git

1. Determine the list of available tags:

cd microblog

git tag -l

1. Checkout the tag as a new branch:

microblog$ git checkout tags/v0.3 -b tag_v0.3

Switched to a new branch 'tag_v0.3'

1. The reason for checking out the tag as a new branch is that we wish to keep the tagged version separate from the latest branch.

Reference: http://bit.ly/2ANbo90