Why staging before committing matters in Git - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to add a file to the staging area.

Git

git [1] README.md

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

Aadd

Bcommit

Cpush

Dclone

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'add'

Using 'push' to stage files

The git add command moves changes to the staging area before committing.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to commit staged changes with a message.

Git

git commit -m [1]

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AREADME.md

B"Initial commit"

C-a

Dpush

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a filename instead of a message

Omitting quotes around the message

The commit message must be a string in quotes describing the changes.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to add all changed files to staging.

Git

git [1] .

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

Aadd

Bcommit

Cpush

Dclone

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'add'

Using 'push' which sends commits to remote

To stage all changes, use git add . which adds all files in the current directory.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to show the status of files and then stage a specific file.

Git

git [1]
git [2] index.html

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Astatus

Badd

Ccommit

Dpush

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'add' to stage

Using 'push' instead of 'status' to check changes

git status shows file changes, and git add stages a file.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to stage, commit with a message, and then push changes.

Git

git [1] app.py
git commit -m [2]
git [3] origin main

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

Aadd

B"Update app logic"

Cpush

Dclone

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Skipping staging before commit

Using 'clone' instead of 'push' to send changes

First stage the file with add, then commit with a message, finally push to remote.