How can I build a git tag in TeamCity?

git, git-checkout, tags, teamcity

Solution

- Go to Edit Configuration Settings -> Version Control Settings

For all your VCS roots for this build configuration click Edit and then:

- put '+:refs/tags/*' into Branch specification textbox

- check Use tags as branches

Then you'll be able to choose a tag when you press the '...' button beside run.

Problem

I want to provide a git tag to the TeamCity server to build it. I pass the tag (i.e. `release_1.1`) as a parameter to the job. So inside the job the tag is available as `%tag%`, but under the `Version Control Settings` I don't see any way to use this parameter so the server can checkout this tag. Is there any way this parameter can be used in the settings to checkout the tag?

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