How to create a new branch from a tag?

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Andrew picture Andrew · Jun 8, 2012 · Viewed 327.1k times · Source

I'd like to create a new master branch from an existing tag. Say I have a tag v1.0. How to create a new branch from this tag?

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Andrew picture Andrew · Jun 8, 2012

Wow, that was easier than I thought:

git checkout -b newbranch v1.0

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