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diff --git a/agents/lib/instance/executable_sequence.rb b/agents/lib/instance/executable_sequence.rb
index bc511b0..ebb88bd 100644
--- a/agents/lib/instance/executable_sequence.rb
+++ b/agents/lib/instance/executable_sequence.rb
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ module RightScale
             when :git
               ssh_cmd = ssh_command(repo)
               "#{ssh_cmd} git clone --quiet --depth 1 #{repo.url} #{cookbook_dir} 2>&1" +
-              (repo.tag ? " && cd #{cookbook_dir} && #{ssh_cmd} git pull 2>&1 && git checkout #{repo.tag} 2>&1 && cd -" : '')
+              (repo.tag ? " && cd #{cookbook_dir} && #{ssh_cmd} git pull 2>&1 && git checkout -b #{repo.tag} origin/#{repo.tag} 2>&1 && cd -" : '')
             when :svn
               "svn export #{repo.url} #{cookbook_dir} --non-interactive" +
               (repo.tag ? " --revision #{repo.tag}" : '') +