Git Checkout Latest Tag

# Get new tags from remote
git fetch --tags

# Get latest tag name
latestTag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)

# Checkout latest tag
git checkout $latestTag

git describe --tags should give you info.

bash/ shell script:

#!/bin/bash
...
latesttag=$(git describe --tags)
echo checking out ${latesttag}
git checkout ${latesttag}