How to merge git tag on a branch

Question

I am trying to find the syntax for merging a tagged commit with another branch. I suppose this is straightforward, but my unsuccessful search attempts do not find it.

Answer 1

Do you mean this?

git checkout destination_branch git merge tag_name 

Answer 2

Remember that before merging you need to update the tag, it is very different from the branches ( git pull origin tag_name will not update your local tags), so you need the following command:

 git fetch --tags origin 

Then you can execute git merge tag_name to merge the tag onto the branch.