---
title: "Git Checkout Tag"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/git-checkout-tag-o9ux9rkbm
source_url: https://erikarow.land/notes/git-checkout-tag
type: article
source: "Erika Rowland"
published: 2024-03-15T12:26:32.155Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:03:37.463Z
tags: ["git", "version-control"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Git Checkout Tag

**[Erika Rowland](https://daily.dev/sources/erikarow)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

You can checkout a tag in a git repo to explore historical versions of code bases. Running git checkout without a branch puts you in a detached HEAD state. To make changes with a tag as your starting point, use the -b <branch name> command.

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