Stashing specific files in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to stash only the file named app.py.

Git

git stash push [1]

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

A--include-untracked

B-- app.py

C--all

D--patch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options like --all or --include-untracked which stash more than just the file.

Not using -- before the filename.

To stash specific files, you list them after git stash push with --. Here, -- app.py means only app.py is stashed.

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medium

Complete the command to stash changes only in index.html and style.css.

Git

git stash push [1]

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

A--patch

B--all

C-- index.html style.css

D--include-untracked

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options like --all which stash everything.

Not listing both files after --.

To stash multiple specific files, list them after --. Here, -- index.html style.css stashes only those two files.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to stash only README.md.

Git

git stash push [1] README.md

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

A--

B--all

C--patch

D--include-untracked

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options like --all or --patch which stash more than the file.

Omitting the -- before the file name.

The -- tells Git that what follows are file names. Without it, Git treats README.md as an option or argument incorrectly.

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hard

Fill both blanks to stash only main.js.

Git

git stash push [1] [2]

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

A--

B--all

Cmain.js

Dutils.js

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --all which stashes everything.

Not using -- before file names.

The -- signals that the following arguments are file names. Then list the file names. Here, -- main.js stashes only main.js. To stash both files, you would list both after --.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to stash only server.js and config.json.

Git

git stash push [1] [2] [3]

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

A--

Bserver.js

Cconfig.json

DREADME.md

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using -- before file names.

Including options like --all which stash everything.

Use -- to mark the start of file names, then list the files you want to stash. Here, -- server.js config.json stashes those two files. To stash all three, you would add README.md as well.