Shallow clones with depth in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to clone a repository with a depth of 1.

Git

git clone --depth [1] https://github.com/example/repo.git

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A1

Blatest

Cshallow

Dfull

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using non-numeric values like 'full' or 'shallow' for depth.

Omitting the depth option and cloning the full history.

The --depth 1 option tells Git to clone only the latest commit, making it a shallow clone.

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medium

Complete the command to fetch the last 5 commits from a remote repository.

Git

git clone --depth [1] https://github.com/example/repo.git

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A0

B10

C1

D5

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 0 as depth, which is invalid.

Using a depth larger than needed.

Using --depth 5 clones the repository with the last 5 commits only.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to create a shallow clone with depth 3.

Git

git clone --depth [1] https://github.com/example/repo.git

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A3

Bdepth 3

C3 --shallow

Dthree

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '=' after --depth which is not valid in git clone.

Writing the depth as a word instead of a number.

The correct syntax is --depth 3 without an equals sign. The blank should be just the number 3.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a shallow clone with depth 2 and single branch.

Git

git clone --depth [1] --branch [2] https://github.com/example/repo.git

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A2

Bmain

Cmaster

D1

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using depth 1 when 2 is requested.

Using the wrong branch name.

Use --depth 2 to limit commits and --branch main to clone only the main branch.

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hard

Fill both blanks to fetch a shallow clone with depth 4, branch 'develop', and single branch option.

Git

git clone --depth [1] --branch [2] --single-branch https://github.com/example/repo.git

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A4

Bdevelop

D--quiet

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Adding a value after --single-branch which causes an error.

Using wrong branch name or depth.

Use --depth 4 for last 4 commits, --branch develop for the develop branch, and no extra argument after --single-branch as it is a flag.