diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index ded7682d..aa8d45ea 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+---
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-version: '3.7'
 services:
   # Update this to the name of the service you want to work with in your docker-compose.yml file
   dev:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
     # to cause all processes to run as this user. Once present, you can also simply
     # use the "remoteUser" property in devcontainer.json if you just want VS Code and
     # its sub-processes (terminals, tasks, debugging) to execute as the user. On Linux,
-    # you may need to ensure the UID and GID of the container user you create matches your 
+    # you may need to ensure the UID and GID of the container user you create matches your
     # local user. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root for details.
     # user: vscode
 
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ services:
     # Uncomment if you want to expose any additional ports. The snippet below exposes port 3000.
     # ports:
     #   - 3000:3000
-    
+
     volumes:
       # Update this to wherever you want VS Code to mount the folder of your project
       - .:/workspace:cached
 
       # Uncomment the next line to use Docker from inside the container. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/samples/docker-in-docker-compose for details.
-      # - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
+      # - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
 
     # Uncomment the next four lines if you will use a ptrace-based debugger like C++, Go, and Rust.
     # cap_add:
@@ -39,4 +39,3 @@ services:
 
     # Overrides default command so things don't shut down after the process ends.
     command: /bin/sh -c "while sleep 1000; do :; done"
- 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d41ff257..b7dfda61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ jobs:
 | gpg_private_key | `[optional]` set if you want to sign commits | `false` | |
 | gpg_passphrase | `[optional]` set if your optionial gpg private key has a passphrase | `false` | |
 | steps | `[optional] add the steps you want to execute within the action` | `false` | all steps will be executed |
+| is_with_tags | `[optional]` set to `true` if tags should be synced | `false` | `false` |
 
 ### Action Outputs
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 64be7956..9ab9ef56 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ inputs:
     description: "[optional] set if your private gpg key has a password"
   steps:
     description: "[optional] set the steps to execute within the action"
+  is_with_tags:
+    description: "[optional] set to true if tags should be synced"
+    default: "false"
 outputs:
   pr_branch:
     description: "The name of the PR branch"
@@ -115,3 +118,4 @@ runs:
         GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ inputs.gpg_private_key }}
         GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ inputs.gpg_passphrase }}
         STEPS: ${{ inputs.steps }}
+        IS_WITH_TAGS: ${{ inputs.is_with_tags }}
diff --git a/src/sync_template.sh b/src/sync_template.sh
index 1b6280e4..585a4aee 100755
--- a/src/sync_template.sh
+++ b/src/sync_template.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ if [[ -n "${SRC_SSH_PRIVATEKEY_ABS_PATH}" ]]; then
   export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i ${SRC_SSH_PRIVATEKEY_ABS_PATH}"
 fi
 
+IS_WITH_TAGS="${IS_WITH_TAGS:-"false"}"
 IS_FORCE_PUSH_PR="${IS_FORCE_PUSH_PR:-"false"}"
 IS_KEEP_BRANCH_ON_PR_CLEANUP="${IS_KEEP_BRANCH_ON_PR_CLEANUP:-"false"}"
 GIT_REMOTE_PULL_PARAMS="${GIT_REMOTE_PULL_PARAMS:---allow-unrelated-histories --squash --strategy=recursive -X theirs}"
@@ -141,7 +142,6 @@ function check_if_commit_already_in_hist_graceful_exit() {
     warn "repository is up to date!"
     exit 0
   fi
-
 }
 
 ##########################################
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function pull_source_changes() {
   local source_repo=$1
   local git_remote_pull_params=$2
 
-  eval "git pull ${source_repo} ${git_remote_pull_params}" || pull_has_issues=true
+  eval "git pull ${source_repo} --tags ${git_remote_pull_params}" || pull_has_issues=true
 
   if [ "$pull_has_issues" == true ] ; then
     warn "There had been some git pull issues."
@@ -280,18 +280,27 @@ function eventual_create_labels () {
 # Arguments:
 #   branch
 #   is_force
+#   is_with_tags
 ##############################
 function push () {
   info "push changes"
   local branch=$1
   local is_force=$2
+  local is_with_tags=$3
+
+  local additional_params=" "
 
   if [ "$is_force" == true ] ; then
     warn "forcing the push."
-    git push --force --set-upstream origin "${branch}"
-  else
-    git push --set-upstream origin "${branch}"
+    additional_params="${additional_params}--force "
   fi
+
+  if [ "$is_with_tags" == true ] ; then
+    warn "include tags."
+    additional_params="${additional_params}--tags "
+  fi
+
+  git push "${additional_params}"--set-upstream origin "${branch}"
 }
 
 ####################################
@@ -456,7 +465,7 @@ function arr_push() {
     return 0
   fi
   cmd_from_yml "prepush"
-  push "${PR_BRANCH}" "${IS_FORCE_PUSH_PR}"
+  push "${PR_BRANCH}" "${IS_FORCE_PUSH_PR}" "${IS_WITH_TAGS}"
   echo "::endgroup::"
 }