How do I merge a git tag onto a branch

ScaryGhast picture ScaryGhast · Jun 11, 2013 · Viewed 152.5k times · Source

I'm trying to find the syntax for merging a tagged commit onto another branch. I'm guessing that it's straight forward but my feeble search attempts aren't finding it.

Answer

twalberg picture twalberg · Jun 11, 2013

You mean this?

git checkout destination_branch
git merge tag_name