Fork and pull request workflow in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to clone a forked repository to your local machine.

Git

git [1] https://github.com/username/repo.git

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

Aclone

Bpush

Ccommit

Dmerge

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'push' instead of 'clone' will try to send changes, not download.

The git clone command copies the forked repository to your local computer so you can work on it.

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medium

Complete the command to create a new branch for your changes.

Git

git [1] feature-branch

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

Abranch

Bmerge

Ccheckout

Dcommit

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'checkout' creates and switches branches, but here we only want to create.

The git branch command creates a new branch named feature-branch where you can make your changes.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to switch to your new branch.

Git

git [1] feature-branch

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

Abranch

Bcommit

Cpush

Dcheckout

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'branch' only creates branches but does not switch.

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

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hard

Fill both blanks to add all changes and commit with a message.

Git

git [1] .
git [2] -m "Add new feature"

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

Aadd

Bcommit

Cpush

Dclone

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'push' before committing will fail because there are no commits yet.

First, git add . stages all changes. Then, git commit -m "Add new feature" saves the changes with a message.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to push your branch and create a pull request.

Git

git [1] origin [2]
# Then go to GitHub and create a pull request from [3] branch

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

Aclone

Bpush

Cfeature-branch

Dmain

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Pushing to 'main' instead of your feature branch will not create the correct pull request.

git push origin feature-branch uploads your branch to GitHub. Then you create a pull request from the feature-branch.