I am trying to get the branch name from a given tag. I tried git describe --tag but this doesn\'t provide me any branch name. I tried using
git describe --tag
Tags and Branches in Git are only Labels pointing to specific snapshot of your files. That being said, Tags ain't linked to a branch, but to a commit.
As so, you have to check wich branch contain the commit pointed by your tag, as so:
git branch --contains