git add for staging files - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to stage a file named example.txt.

Git

git [1] example.txt

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

Aadd

Bcommit

Cpush

Dclone

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'add' will try to save changes without staging.

Using 'push' sends changes to a remote, not stage files.

Using 'clone' copies a repository, not stage files.

The git add command stages files to prepare them for a commit.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to stage all files in the current directory.

Git

git [1] .

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

Acommit

Bstatus

Cadd

Dinit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' will try to save changes without staging.

Using 'status' only shows changes, does not stage.

Using 'init' creates a new repo, not stage files.

The dot . means all files in the current folder. git add . stages all changes.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to stage a file named notes.md.

Git

git [1] notes.md

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

Amerge

Badd

Cpush

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' without staging first causes no files to be saved.

Using 'push' sends changes to remote, not stage files.

Using 'merge' combines branches, not stage files.

Only git add stages files. Other commands do different tasks.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to stage all files with .txt extension.

Git

git [1] [2]

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

Aadd

Bcommit

C*.txt

Dstatus

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'add' will not stage files.

Using 'status' shows changes but does not stage.

Using a wrong pattern will not select the correct files.

git add *.txt stages all text files in the folder.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to stage a file named report.md and then commit with message Update report.

Git

git [1] report.md && git [2] -m [3]

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

Aadd

Bcommit

C"Update report"

Dpush

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' before 'add' will not save changes.

Forgetting the message quotes causes errors.

Using 'push' instead of 'commit' does not save locally.

First, git add report.md stages the file. Then git commit -m "Update report" saves the changes with a message.