git blame for line-by-line history - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to show who last changed each line in a file named README.md.

Git

git [1] README.md

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

Ablame

Bstatus

Clog

Ddiff

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git log' instead of 'git blame' to see line history.

Using 'git status' which shows file changes but not line history.

The git blame command shows line-by-line history of changes in a file.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to show blame info for line 10 only in file app.py.

Git

git blame -L [1],[2] app.py

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A10,10

B1,10

C10,20

D5,10

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a range that includes multiple lines instead of just one.

Forgetting to specify both start and end line numbers.

The -L option limits blame output to specific lines. To show only line 10, use -L 10,10.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to show blame for file main.c in porcelain format.

Git

git blame --[1] main.c

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Aauthor-name

Bshow-author

Cporcelain

Dname-only

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect option names like '--show-author' or '--name-only'.

Using single dash instead of double dashes.

The correct option to show blame in porcelain format is --porcelain.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to limit blame output to lines 5 to 15 and ignore whitespace changes.

Git

git blame -L [1],[2] --[3] file.txt

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A5

B15

Cignore-whitespace

Dignore-all-space

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong line numbers or reversed order.

Using incorrect whitespace ignore options.

Use -L 5,15 to limit lines and --ignore-whitespace to ignore whitespace changes.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to show blame for file server.js, limit to lines 20-30, in porcelain format with abbreviated commit hashes.

Git

git blame [1] [2] [3] server.js

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

A-L 20,30

B--porcelain

C--abbrev

D--show-name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options in wrong order or missing line limit.

Confusing options that show author names instead of hashes.

-L 20,30 limits lines, --porcelain shows detailed info, and --abbrev shortens commit hashes.