How to do a “git checkout -b ” from a remote tag

Question

I\'m trying to create a branch from a remote tag, but it seems there\'s no way to do it. When I try

git checkout -b test origin/deploy

where or

Answer 1

I'm not sure you can do this directly. You're probably stuck with doing a fetch and then a checkout:

git fetch origin
git checkout -b test tag-name

By the way, I wouldn't recommend using a tag name like "deploy".