What a branch is (pointer to a commit) in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to create a new branch named 'feature'.

Git

git branch [1]

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

Acommit

Bfeature

Cmaster

DHEAD

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' or 'HEAD' instead of a branch name.

The command git branch feature creates a new branch named 'feature'.

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medium

Complete the command to switch to the branch named 'develop'.

Git

git checkout [1]

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

Adevelop

Bcommit

CHEAD

Dmaster

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'HEAD' or 'commit' which are not branch names.

The command git checkout develop switches your working directory to the 'develop' branch.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to delete a branch named 'old-feature'.

Git

git branch [1] old-feature

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

A-d

B-m

C-c

D-b

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -m which renames a branch instead.

The option -d deletes the branch named 'old-feature'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a new branch 'test' and switch to it immediately.

Git

git [1] -b [2]

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

Acheckout

Bbranch

Ctest

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'branch' instead of 'checkout' for this combined action.

The command git checkout -b test creates and switches to the 'test' branch.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to list all branches and show the current branch with a star.

Git

git [1] [2] [3]

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

Abranch

B-a

C-v

Dcheckout

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'checkout' which switches branches instead of listing them.

The command git branch -a -v lists all branches and shows the latest commit for each, marking the current branch with a star.