Add new commit to the existing Git tag
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Solution
You can't put a new commit into an existing tag without breaking an important Git guideline: Never(*) modify commits that you have published.
Tags in Git aren't meant to be mutable. Once you push a tag out there, leave it alone.
You can, however, add some changes on top of `v1.1` and release something like `v1.1.1` or `v1.2`. One way of doing that would be
# Create a new branch from tag v1.1
git checkout -b newbranch v1.1
# Do some work and commit it
# Create a new tag from your work
git tag -a -m "Tag version 1.1.1, a bugfix release" v1.1.1
(*) Unless you have a really super special reason for doing so, and only if you completely understand the implications, and even then, don't make a habit of it.
Problem
I have created a Git tag as `v1.1` using ``` git tag -a v1.1 -m 'my version 1.1' ``` and I pushed that tag. Later, I made some changes related to `v1.1`. Now when I push new changes and check the git tag using `git describe` it is showing me `v1.1-g2dcc97`. How can I add my new commit to the existing tag?