--- gitlab-ci-multi-runner/shells/abstract.go~	2017-05-02 13:12:18.000000000 +0300
+++ gitlab-ci-multi-runner/shells/abstract.go	2017-05-16 08:10:46.528840805 +0300
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@
 
 func (b *AbstractShell) writeCheckoutCmd(w ShellWriter, build *common.Build) {
 	w.Notice("Checking out %s as %s...", build.GitInfo.Sha[0:8], build.GitInfo.Ref)
-	w.Command("git", "checkout", "-f", "-q", build.GitInfo.Sha)
+	if build.GitInfo.RefType == common.RefTypeTag {
+		w.Command("git", "checkout", "-f", "-q", build.GitInfo.Sha)
+	} else {
+		w.Command("git", "checkout", "-fq", "-B", build.GitInfo.Ref, build.GitInfo.Sha)
+	}
 }
 
 func (b *AbstractShell) writeSubmoduleUpdateCmd(w ShellWriter, build *common.Build, recursive bool) {