Fetching tags downloads version markers and release pointers from remote repository, ensuring local repository has complete release history and version references. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve managed semantic versioning and release tags throughout my 25 years of development experience. The most reliable approach is using git fetch –tags to download all tags or git fetch –prune –prune-tags to synchronize and remove deleted tags. This method ensures complete tag synchronization, handles annotated and lightweight tags, and maintains clean tag references matching remote state.