Default branch name configuration in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to set the default branch name globally to 'main'.

Git

git config --global init.[1] main

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AdefaultBranch

Bbranch

Cdefault-branch

DinitBranch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect config keys like 'branch' or 'initBranch'.

The correct git config key to set the default branch name is init.defaultBranch.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to check the current global default branch name configuration.

Git

git config --global --get init.[1]

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AdefaultBranch

Bhead

Cdefault

Dmain

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'default' or 'head' instead of 'defaultBranch'.

The key to get the default branch name is init.defaultBranch.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to set the default branch name to 'main' globally.

Git

git config --global init.[1] main

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

Abranch

Bdefault-branch

CdefaultBranch

DinitBranch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'branch' or hyphenated keys instead of 'defaultBranch'.

The correct key is init.defaultBranch. Other keys cause git to ignore or error.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set the default branch name to 'main' only for the current repository.

Git

git config [1] init.[2] main

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A--local

B--global

Cbranch

DdefaultBranch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --global instead of --local.

Using wrong config keys.

Use --local to set config for current repo and init.defaultBranch as the key.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to unset the default branch name configuration globally.

Git

git config [1] --unset init.[2]

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A--local

B--global

Cbranch

DdefaultBranch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --local instead of --global.

Using wrong keys.

To remove the global default branch name, use --global and the key init.defaultBranch.