Add new commit to the existing Git tag

Question

I have created a Git tag as v1.1 using

git tag -a v1.1 -m \'my version 1.1\'

and I pushed that tag. Later, I made some changes re

Answer 1

If you absolutely need to "move" the tag instead of creating a new one, You can do this:

NB: As @Chris said, make sure you have a good reason for not wanting to create a new tag because the best practice is to create a new one

1. Checkout the tag (a Detached HEAD)

git checkout tag/v1.1

2. Create and Checkout a branch off that tag (i.e. Branching off the tag)

git checkout -b my-tagged-branch

*** do work and commit changes ***

3. Push to the remote branch.

git push  -u origin my-tagged-branch

If needed merge branch into other branches that need the change (in case of a bug fix for example)

4. While still on my-tagged-branch, Delete the tag

git tag -d v1.1

5. Create the tag again: This will "move" the tag to point to your latest commit on that branch

git tag v1.1

6. Delete the tag on remote

git push origin :v1.1

7. Create the tag on remote

git push origin v1.1