Required status checks in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to list all branches in your Git repository.

Git

git [1]

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Abranch

Bcommit

Cpush

Dclone

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Common Mistakes

Using 'git commit' instead of 'git branch'.

Using 'git push' which uploads changes to remote.

Using 'git clone' which copies a repository.

The git branch command lists all branches in your repository.

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medium

Complete the command to enable required status checks on a branch named 'main'.

Git

gh api repos/:owner/:repo/branches/main/protection --method PATCH -f required_status_checks.strict=[1]

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Anone

Btrue

Cnull

Dfalse

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Common Mistakes

Using 'false' disables strict required status checks.

Using 'null' or 'none' is invalid here.

Setting required_status_checks.strict=true enables strict required status checks on the branch.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to require the status check named 'ci-test'.

Git

gh api repos/:owner/:repo/branches/main/protection/required_status_checks/contexts --method POST -f [1]='ci-test'

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Acontext

Bchecks

Ccheck

Dcontexts

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using plural 'contexts' which is for the main protection endpoint.

Using 'check' or 'checks' are invalid field names.

The correct field name is context which is used when adding a single status check via the contexts endpoint.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a JSON object that requires status checks 'build' and 'test'.

Git

{"required_status_checks": {"contexts": [[1], [2]]}}

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A"build"

B"deploy"

C"test"

D"lint"

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the status check names.

Choosing wrong status check names.

The required status checks are named 'build' and 'test', so these strings go inside the contexts list.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the GitHub CLI command that sets required status checks 'build' and 'test' on branch 'develop'.

Git

gh api repos/:owner/:repo/branches/[1]/protection -f required_status_checks.contexts='[2],[3]'

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Amain

Bbuild

Ctest

Ddevelop

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the wrong branch name.

Mixing up the order of status checks.

Forgetting to separate status checks with a comma.

The branch is 'develop', and the required status checks are 'build' and 'test'.