Switching branches with git switch - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to switch to an existing branch named 'feature'.

Git

git switch [1]

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

Afeature

Bcommit

Cmerge

Dinit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commands like 'commit' or 'merge' instead of the branch name.

Trying to switch without specifying a branch.

The git switch command followed by the branch name switches to that branch.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to create and switch to a new branch named 'bugfix'.

Git

git switch -c [1]

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

Abugfix

Bmain

Corigin

Dmaster

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using existing branch names instead of the new branch name.

Omitting the branch name after -c.

The -c option creates a new branch and switches to it. Here, the new branch is 'bugfix'.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to switch to branch 'release'.

Git

git [1] release

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

Acheckout

Bmerge

Ccommit

Dswitch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commit or merge instead of switch.

Using checkout when the task asks for switch.

The modern command to switch branches is git switch. Using checkout still works but is older.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create and switch to a new branch named 'hotfix' starting from 'develop'.

Git

git switch -c [1] [2]

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

Ahotfix

Bmain

Cdevelop

Dfeature

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping the branch names in the blanks.

Using unrelated branch names.

The -c option creates a new branch. The first blank is the new branch name 'hotfix'. The second blank is the starting point branch 'develop'.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to switch to branch 'test', create it if missing, and force the switch discarding local changes.

Git

git switch [1] [2] [3]

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

A-c

B-f

Ctest

D--discard-changes

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --discard-changes which is not a valid git switch option.

Omitting the branch name.

-c creates the branch if it doesn't exist, -f forces the switch discarding local changes, and test is the branch name.