“tag already exists in the remote" error after recreating the git tag

Question

I get the following error after I run the steps below:

To git@provider.com:username/repo-name.git
 ! [rejected]        dev -> dev (already exists)
error:          


        

Answer 1

It's quite simple if you're using SourceTree.

Basically you just need to remove and re-add the conflicting tag:

1. Go to tab Repository -> Tag -> Remove Tag
2. Select the conflicting tag name
3. Check Remove tag from all remotes
4. Press Remove
5. Create new tag with the same name to the proper commit
6. Make sure to check Push all tags when pushing your changes to remote