GIT pull/fetch from specific tag

Question

Is there a way to pull/fetch code from a specific tag in a repo.

Am aware that after clone, i can checkout to the tag but is it possible to specify a tag during a pull?<

Answer 1

Pull is fetch + merge.

Talking about how to fetch a specific remote ref (either a tag or branch), probably an example is better at clarifying this:

git fetch origin :refs/remotes/origin/master

Or a shorter form:

git fetch origin :remotes/origin/master

Note this works even if remotes/origin/master has been removed locally.

Another example for creating a local branch directly from a remote tag

git fetch  +refs/tags/: