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This isn't a direct answer to the question but this page comes back when searching for ways to revert a branch's code to a tag release.

Another way is to create a diff between the current state of the branch and the tag you want to revert to and then apply that to the branch. This keeps the version history correct and shows the changes going in then coming back out again.

Assuming your branch is called master and the tag you want to go back to is called 1.1.1

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6872223/how-do-i-revert-master-branch-to-a-tag-in-git

git checkout 1.1.1
git diff master > ~/diff.patch
git checkout master
cat ~/diff.patch | git apply
git commit -am 'Rolled back to version 1.1.1'
git push origin master

See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37347350/git-patches-cause-error-unrecognized-input

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