Run git commands on remote working tree (GIT_WORK_TREE=/path)

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I have a bare git repo set up which runs a post-update hook as follows:

GIT_WORK_TREE=/path/to/code git checkout -f

This works well when pushing code to, for example, a webserver. I can work on code, and when I'm finished, updating the webserver is a simple git push live master away.

However, I don't know how to rollback to, for example, a specific tag. Usually that can be done with git checkout TAG, but when I attempt to checkout a tag (e.g. GIT_WORK_TREE=/path/to/code git checkout -f TAG), git responds:

error: pathspec 'TAG' did not match any file(s) known to git

Any ideas on how to checkout a tag on a remote working tree?

I pushed the master branch - don't tags "tag along" with a push? — JoBu1324, Mar 07 '13 at 19:38
Apparently not. I just pushed the tags, and I've got a lot more choices for `checkout`! If you provide an answer below, I'll accept it. — JoBu1324, Mar 07 '13 at 19:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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To checkout a tag on the remote side, you need to push it first:

git push --tags

As mentioned in "With GitHub how do I push all branches when adding an existing repo?", even git push --all wouldn't push your tags, only all refs under refs/heads/.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Mar 07 '13 at 21:43

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Run git commands on remote working tree (GIT_WORK_TREE=/path)

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