git checkout tag, git pull fails in branch

Question

I have cloned a git repository and then checked out a tag:

# git checkout 2.4.33 -b my_branch

This is OK, but when I try to run git pull<

Answer 1

In order to just download updates:

git fetch origin master

However, this just updates a reference called origin/master. The best way to update your local master would be the checkout/merge mentioned in another comment. If you can guarantee that your local master has not diverged from the main trunk that origin/master is on, you could use git update-ref to map your current master to the new point, but that's probably not the best solution to be using on a regular basis...