How to do a “git checkout -b ” from a remote tag

Question

I\'m trying to create a branch from a remote tag, but it seems there\'s no way to do it. When I try

git checkout -b test origin/deploy

where or

Answer 1

I'm not a git guru, but I had used something like this before and it seemed to have worked fine:

git pull (or fetch, just need to make sure you are updated)
git checkout -b test remotes/origin/deploy