:title: git tag
:date: 2025-02-21
:tags: git
:identifier: 20250221T185924

``git tag``
===========

To pull the latest tags from a remote.

.. code-block:: console

   $ git fetch <remote> --tags

If ``<remote>`` is not given it will default to the branch's configured upstream, or fallback to ``origin`` if no upstream is configured.

Some tags can move (e.g. neovim's ``nightly`` tag), in which case git will not update them

.. code-block:: console

   $ git fetch --tags
   remote: Enumerating objects: 307, done.
   remote: Counting objects: 100% (228/228), done.
   remote: Total 307 (delta 228), reused 228 (delta 228), pack-reused 79
   Receiving objects: 100% (307/307), 311.14 KiB | 1.88 MiB/s, done.
   Resolving deltas: 100% (281/281), completed with 101 local objects.
   From https://github.com/neovim/neovim
   * [new tag]             eval-clear-rebase-1-compiles-and-passes-u-tests-3-next  -> eval-clear-rebase-1-compiles-and-passes-u-tests-3-next
   ...
   ! [rejected]            nightly                                                 -> nightly  (would clobber existing tag)
   ! [rejected]            stable                                                  -> stable  (would clobber existing tag)


Unless you pass an additional ``-f`` flag.
`Source <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58031165/how-to-get-rid-of-would-clobber-existing-tag>`__

.. code-block:: console

   $ git fetch --tags -f
   From https://github.com/neovim/neovim
   t [tag update]          nightly    -> nightly
   t [tag update]          stable     -> stable