Reflog for finding lost commits in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to show the reflog entries.

Git

git [1]

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

Areflog

Bbranch

Clog

Dstatus

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git log' instead of 'git reflog' to find lost commits.

The git reflog command shows the history of HEAD changes, helping find lost commits.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to reset the current branch to a lost commit found in reflog.

Git

git reset --hard [1]

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

AHEAD~2

Borigin/main

CHEAD@{3}

Dmaster

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using branch names like 'master' or 'origin/main' instead of reflog references.

The syntax HEAD@{3} refers to the third previous position of HEAD in reflog.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to show reflog with commit hashes and messages.

Git

git reflog [1] --oneline

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A--graph

B--pretty=oneline

C--format=oneline

D--decorate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --format without --pretty or using unrelated options.

The --pretty option customizes the output format, including showing commit hashes and messages.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a command that shows reflog entries with timestamps and author info.

Git

git reflog [1] [2]

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

A--pretty=format:'%h %ad %an %s'

B--oneline

C--date=iso

D--graph

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --oneline which lacks detailed info.

Mixing up date formatting options.

The --pretty=format:'%h %ad %an %s' shows hash, date, author, and message. The --date=iso formats the date nicely.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a command that recovers a lost commit by creating a new branch at that commit.

Git

git branch [1] [2] && git checkout [3]

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

Arecovered-branch

BHEAD@{5}

Dmaster

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'master' instead of the new branch name for checkout.

Not using reflog syntax for the commit.

This command creates a new branch named recovered-branch at the lost commit HEAD@{5} and then switches to it.