How to only push a specific tag to remote?

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Is there a command like git push --tag tag_a? I only found git push --tags.

See also [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2988182/456814). — , Apr 22 '14 at 10:24

Pavel Šimerda · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-22T10:14:03.437

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You can simply use:

git push origin tag_a

Alternatively (mainly to solve tag/branch name clashes), you could use:

git push origin refs/tags/tag_a

edited Apr 22 '14 at 10:14

answered Apr 22 '14 at 06:52

Pavel Šimerda

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What if the `tag_a` is the same name with a branch name? – Yad Smood Apr 22 '14 at 06:53
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Did you try `git push --tags tag_a`? – Pavel Šimerda Apr 22 '14 at 06:55
`git push refs/tags/tag_a` and `git push --tags tag_a` both seem don't work. – Yad Smood Apr 22 '14 at 07:02
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OK, I figured it out. `git push remote_name refs/tags/tag_a` will work. I missed the remote name. – Yad Smood Apr 22 '14 at 07:06
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Is the answer correct now? – Pavel Šimerda Apr 22 '14 at 07:07
@dirkk When without remote name we cannot push at all. Why you edit it back? – Yad Smood Apr 22 '14 at 08:21
Because your edit radically changed the answer and because it is incorrect in general. You can set a `push.default` (take a look at http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config), so this can work. However, you might want to add this information to the answer, which imho would add value to the answer. – dirkk Apr 22 '14 at 08:52
Is it actually possible to have a tag with the same name as a branch in a local repo? How is the local repo supposed to resolve the ambiguity in such a case? – Apr 22 '14 at 09:50
@YadSmood: Then I probably misunderstood and should revert my own edit as well. – Pavel Šimerda Apr 22 '14 at 10:04
@YadSmood: Your edit was indeed right, I made a very similar one now. – Pavel Šimerda Apr 22 '14 at 10:14
@Cupcake: Just tested. It works well. The local git is supposed to require the user to resolve the ambiguity by specifying `refs/tags/name` or `refs/heads/name`. – Pavel Šimerda Apr 22 '14 at 10:16
@dirkk: The former version of my answer didn't actually work (with a default setup at the least). `push.default` doesn't seem to make any change, here. – Pavel Šimerda Apr 22 '14 at 10:24
Just `git push origin-name tag-name` – Demetry Pascal Jun 02 '23 at 19:20

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 28 '20 at 12:15

As pointed out by Pavel Šimerda, you can simply do

git push <remote> <tag>

I've added the specification for a remote <remote> so that the command doesn't depend on a user's push.default configuration.

Here is a summary of the relevant documentation that explains how to push a specific tag:

git push [<repository> [<refspec>…]]

<refspec>...
The format of a <refspec> parameter is…the source ref <src>, followed by a colon :, followed by the destination ref <dst>…

The <dst> tells which ref on the remote side is updated with this push…If :<dst> is omitted, the same ref as <src> will be updated…

tag <tag> means the same as refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>.

How to only push a specific tag to remote?

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