Aborting a merge in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to abort an ongoing merge in Git.

Git

git [1] --abort

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Acommit

Brevert

Cmerge

Dreset

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git commit --abort' which is not a valid command.

Using 'git reset --abort' which does not abort merges.

The command git merge --abort stops the current merge and returns the repository to the state before the merge started.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to abort a merge and reset the working directory to the last commit.

Git

git [1] --hard HEAD

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Amerge

Brevert

Ccheckout

Dreset

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git merge --hard HEAD' which is invalid.

Using 'git revert --hard HEAD' which does not reset the working directory.

git reset --hard HEAD resets the working directory and index to the last commit, effectively discarding changes including those from a merge.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to abort a merge by completing the blank.

Git

git [1] --abort

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Amerge

Bcommit

Crebase

Dreset

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git commit --abort' which is invalid.

Using 'git rebase --abort' which aborts rebase, not merge.

The correct command to abort a merge is git merge --abort. Other commands do not support the --abort option for merges.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to abort a merge and discard all local changes.

Git

git [1] --[2]

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Amerge

Breset

Chard

Dabort

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git merge --abort' does not discard local changes forcibly.

Using 'git reset --abort' which is invalid.

git reset --hard discards all local changes and aborts the merge by resetting the working directory to the last commit.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to abort a merge and reset the index and working directory.

Git

git [1] --abort && git [2] --[3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Amerge

Breset

Chard

Dclean

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git reset --abort' which is invalid.

Using 'git merge --hard' which is invalid.

First, git merge --abort stops the merge. Then, git reset --hard resets the index and working directory to the last commit, discarding changes. Optionally, git clean removes untracked files, but here the focus is on abort and reset.