Clean vs dirty working directory in Git - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to check the status of your working directory.

Git

git [1]

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Astatus

Bpush

Cclone

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git commit' instead of 'git status' to check changes.

Trying 'git push' which sends commits to remote but doesn't show local changes.

The git status command shows if your working directory is clean or dirty by listing changes.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to discard changes in a single file and restore it to the last committed state.

Git

git checkout -- [1]

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Abranch

Bfilename

Cremote

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'branch' or 'commit' instead of the actual file name.

Omitting the file name, which causes an error.

Using git checkout -- filename discards changes in that file, making the working directory clean for it.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to stage all changed files for commit.

Git

git [1] .

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Aadd

Bcommit

Cpush

Dstatus

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git commit .' which tries to commit without staging.

Using 'git push .' which sends commits to remote but doesn't stage files.

The git add . command stages all changes in the current directory, preparing them for commit.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill the blank to create a command that shows only the names of files that have changed but are not staged.

Git

git diff [1]

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A--all

B--cached

C--staged

D--name-only

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '--cached' or '--staged' which shows staged changes instead.

Using '--all' which is not a valid option here.

The git diff --name-only command shows only the names of files that have unstaged changes (changed but not staged).

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a command that resets the index and working directory to the last commit, discarding all changes.

Git

git reset --[1] && git checkout [2] -- [3]

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Ahard

BHEAD

C.

Dsoft

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'soft' reset which does not discard working directory changes.

Forgetting to specify 'HEAD' or the path '.' in checkout.

git reset --hard resets the index and working directory. git checkout HEAD -- . restores all files to last commit state, cleaning the working directory.