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How to clone tagged version?

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If I want to use GIT to keep track of source code and documents, and use the tag feature to mark revisions ... suppose now developers commit version 1.0 to the repo .. now day to day they make changes, testers test, etc .. now what if someone wanted to go in and grab the last tagged version, the full set of files corresponding to a specific tag, is this possible? How to do it?

posted Jul 15, 2013 by anonymous

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Once you have cloned the project, you can return to any state of it (tag or commit). To do it, you need the tag name or the commits hash.
To list all project tags, use the command git tag. To list the commits hash, use the command git log. With the tag name or commits hash, use the command git checkout tagName/hash. It will return your project to the state wanted.

answer Jul 15, 2013 by anonymous
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