Deleting branches in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to delete a local Git branch named 'feature'.

Git

git branch [1] feature

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

A-d

B-D

C-r

D-m

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -D deletes forcefully, which is not always safe.

Using -r deletes remote branches, not local.

The -d option safely deletes a local branch if it has been merged.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to force delete a local Git branch named 'bugfix'.

Git

git branch [1] bugfix

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

A-d

B-D

C-r

D-m

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -d will fail if the branch is not merged.

Using -r deletes remote branches, not local.

The -D option force deletes a local branch even if it is not merged.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to delete a remote branch named 'release'.

Git

git push origin [1] release

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

Adelete

B-d

C--delete

D-D

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -d or -D does not work with 'git push' for deleting remote branches.

Using 'delete' without dashes is invalid.

The correct option to delete a remote branch is --delete.

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hard

Fill both blanks to delete a remote branch named 'hotfix' from origin.

Git

git push [1] [2] hotfix

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

Aorigin

B--delete

C-d

Dupstream

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -d instead of --delete for remote branch deletion.

Using wrong remote name like 'upstream' when origin is intended.

Use origin as the remote name and --delete to remove the remote branch.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to delete a local branch 'test', then delete the remote branch 'test' from origin.

Git

git branch [1] test && git push [2] [3] test

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

A-d

Borigin

C--delete

D-D

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -d instead of -D for local branch force delete.

Using -d instead of --delete for remote branch deletion.

First, force delete the local branch with -D. Then push to origin with --delete to remove the remote branch.