How to get the branch from tag name in Git?

Question

I am trying to get the branch name from a given tag. I tried git describe --tag but this doesn\'t provide me any branch name. I tried using

Answer 1

If you know the commit number the tag is linked to, you can find the branch from which the tag was placed from this command:

git_branch=$(git for-each-ref | grep ${commit_num} | grep origin | sed "s/.*\///")