Untracked vs tracked files in Git - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to see untracked files in your Git repository.

Git

git status [1]

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A--untracked-files=no

B--untracked-files=all

C--tracked-files=all

D--show-untracked

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --untracked-files=no hides untracked files.

Using --tracked-files=all is not a valid option.

Using --show-untracked is not a git status option.

The git status --untracked-files=all command shows all untracked files in the repository.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to add a new file to the tracked files in Git.

Git

git [1] newfile.txt

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Acommit

Bpush

Cadd

Dtrack

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Common Mistakes

Using git commit before adding files.

Using git push to add files.

Using git track which is not a git command.

The git add command stages new files to be tracked by Git.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to remove a file from tracking but keep it locally.

Git

git [1] --cached file.txt

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Arm

Breset

Cuntrack

Dremove

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Common Mistakes

Using git reset which resets commits, not files.

Using git remove which is not a git command.

Using git untrack which does not exist.

The git rm --cached command removes a file from tracking but leaves it in your local folder.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a command that shows tracked files and ignores untracked files.

Git

git status [1]=[2]

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A--untracked-files

Bno

Call

Dtracked

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Common Mistakes

Using 'all' to show untracked files instead of hiding them.

Using 'tracked' which is not a valid option.

The command git status --untracked-files=no shows only tracked files and hides untracked files.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary comprehension that maps tracked files to their sizes if size is greater than 1000 bytes.

Git

file_sizes = [1]: os.path.getsize([2]) for [3] in tracked_files if os.path.getsize([3]) > 1000

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Af

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Common Mistakes

Using different variable names causing errors.

Using undefined variables.

Using f as the variable name for files in the comprehension is standard and consistent.