Create a branch from a tagged release

1. Go to the tagged releases (https://github.com/specify/specify7/tags|tags) for Specify 7

2. Navigate directly to the last commit linked from the tagged release directly by clicking on the commit hash: (https://github.com/specify/specify7/commit/a991a42658c83e626f3631326895cbe5ebe4edc4) From here, copy the last component (full commit hash) from the URL (after /commit/)

3. Open Terminal and went to the specify7 dir

4. Run git checkout a991a42658c83e626f3631326895cbe5ebe4edc4 (replacing a991a42658c83e626f3631326895cbe5ebe4edc4 with the exact commit hash copied in step 2)

5. Create a new branch: git checkout -b 7961 (the branch name is arbitrary, in this case it is 7961)

6. Push it to GitHub: git push -u origin 7961

7. Now you have a new branch based on a tagged release!