Why version control matters in Git - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to initialize a new Git repository.

Git

git [1]

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

Apush

Bcommit

Cinit

Dclone

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' before initializing the repository

Trying to 'push' before any commits exist

The git init command creates a new Git repository in the current folder.

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medium

Complete the command to save changes to the Git repository with a message.

Git

git commit -m [1]

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

A"Initial commit"

B'Initial commit'

CInitial_commit

DInitial commit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes around the message

Using single quotes which may not work on all systems

The commit message should be enclosed in quotes, like "Initial commit", so Git treats it as one string.

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hard

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

Git

git [1] .

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

Aadd

Bpush

Ccommit

Dclone

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'add'

Using 'push' before committing

The git add . command stages all changes in the current folder for the next commit.

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hard

Fill both blanks to switch to the new-feature branch.

Git

git [1] [2]

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

Acheckout

Bbranch

Cnew-feature

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'branch' instead of 'checkout' to switch

Using 'commit' which is unrelated here

The command git checkout new-feature switches to the branch named 'new-feature'.

To create and switch in one step, you would use git checkout -b new-feature, but here the blanks fit this simpler command.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to push the current branch to the remote repository named 'origin'.

Git

git [1] [2] [3]

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

Apush

Borigin

Cmain

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'push'

Mixing up remote and branch names

The command git push origin main sends your local 'main' branch changes to the remote repository called 'origin'.