example of checking out a tag

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 Now, when someone else clones or pulls from your repository, they will get all your tags as well.
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+==== Checking out Tags
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+You can't really check out a tag in Git, since they can't be moved around.
+If you want to put a version of your repository in your working directory that looks like a specific tag, you can create a new branch at a specific tag:
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+[source,console]
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+$ git checkout -b version2 v2.0.0
+Switched to a new branch 'version2'
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+Of course if you do this and do a commit, your `version2` branch will be slightly different than your `v2.0.0` tag since it will move forward with your new changes, so do be careful.