What to do if the git tags and branches have the same names?

Question

For example, there is a tag called v1 and a branch also called v1, but they point to different commits. How do I distinguish the tag and branch when I checkout?

Answer 1

First of all, be sure not to use tags and branches with the same name. This will put the entire project team into the dilemma of "can you tell whether I am male or female".

"Unified naming standards are important! Unified naming standards are important! Unified naming standards are important!"

I really don’t know how to name it more appropriately. You can refer to Git FLOW

In addition, if there is a duplicate name, there are two ways to rebuild a branch with a meaningful name to solve the problem

git checkout -b new_branch old_branch 

git checkout -b new_branch <sha1>

Answer 2

git checkout tags/v1