1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/fetch/git.lua b/src/luarocks/fetch/git.lua
index c7cc7008..0b33e76b 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/fetch/git.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/fetch/git.lua
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ function get_sources(rockspec, extract, dest_dir)
    local checkout_command
    local tag_or_branch = rockspec.source.tag or rockspec.source.branch
    if tag_or_branch then
-      -- ensure the branch is available
-      table.insert(command, 4, "--no-single-branch")
+      -- ensure the branch (or tag) is available
+      table.insert(command, 4, "--branch")
+      table.insert(command, 5, tag_or_branch)
       checkout_command = {git_cmd, "checkout", tag_or_branch}
    end
    local store_dir