git reset soft vs mixed vs hard - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to reset the last commit but keep changes staged.

Git

git reset --[1] HEAD~1

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Amixed

Bsoft

Chard

Dcommit

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'hard' will discard changes.

Using 'mixed' unstages changes.

The soft reset moves HEAD to the previous commit but keeps changes staged for commit.

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medium

Complete the command to reset the last commit and unstage changes but keep them in the working directory.

Git

git reset --[1] HEAD~1

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Amixed

Breset

Chard

Dsoft

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'soft' keeps changes staged.

Using 'hard' deletes changes.

The mixed reset moves HEAD and unstages changes but keeps them in your files.

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hard

Fix the command to reset the last commit and discard all changes in working directory and index.

Git

git reset --[1] HEAD~1

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Asoft

Bmixed

Cdiscard

Dhard

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'soft' or 'mixed' will keep changes.

Using 'discard' is not a valid option.

The hard reset moves HEAD and discards all changes in index and working directory.

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hard

Fill both blanks to describe the effect of 'git reset --{{BLANK_1}}' and 'git reset --{{BLANK_2}}'.

Git

git reset --[1] keeps changes staged, git reset --[2] unstages changes but keeps them in working directory.

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Asoft

Bmixed

Chard

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Confusing 'hard' with 'mixed' or 'soft'.

soft reset keeps changes staged; mixed reset unstages changes but keeps them in files.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the dictionary describing reset types and their effects.

Git

reset_effects = { 'soft': 'keeps changes [1]', 'mixed': 'unstages changes but keeps them [2]', 'hard': 'discards changes in [3]' }

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Astaged

Bin working directory

Cindex and working directory

Dcommitted

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up where changes are discarded or kept.

soft keeps changes staged, mixed unstages but keeps changes in working directory, hard discards changes in index and working directory.