Tracking branches concept in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to list all local branches with their tracking information.

Git

git branch [1]

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

A-vv

B-a

C-r

D--delete

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -a shows all branches including remote, not tracking info.

Using -r shows only remote branches.

Using --delete deletes a branch, not lists branches.

The -vv option shows local branches with their upstream tracking branches and last commit info.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to create a new local branch feature that tracks the remote branch origin/feature.

Git

git checkout -b feature [1]

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

A--detach origin/feature

B--no-track origin/feature

C--orphan origin/feature

D--track origin/feature

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --no-track disables tracking, opposite of what is needed.

Using --orphan creates a branch with no history.

Using --detach creates a detached HEAD state.

The --track option sets the new branch to track the specified remote branch.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to set the upstream branch for the current branch to origin/main.

Git

git branch [1] origin/main

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

A--set-upstream

B--track

C--set-upstream-to

D--unset-upstream

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --set-upstream is deprecated and causes error.

Using --track is for creating branches, not setting upstream.

Using --unset-upstream removes tracking, not sets it.

The correct option to set the upstream branch is --set-upstream-to.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a new branch dev that tracks origin/dev and switch to it.

Git

git [1] -b dev [2] origin/dev

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

Acheckout

Bbranch

C--track

D--no-track

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'branch' command does not switch branches automatically.

Using --no-track disables tracking, which is not desired here.

Use git checkout -b dev --track origin/dev to create and switch to a branch tracking origin/dev.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to show the current branch, its upstream branch, and the remote URL.

Git

git [1] && git [2] -vv && git remote [3] origin

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

Abranch --show-current

Bbranch

Cget-url

Dshow

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git remote show origin' shows more info but not just the URL.

Using 'git branch' alone does not show current branch only.

Using wrong options causes errors or incomplete info.

git branch --show-current shows the current branch, git branch -vv shows branches with upstream info, and git remote get-url origin shows the remote URL.