Sparse checkout for partial repos in Git - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to enable sparse checkout in your Git repository.

Git

git config core.[1] true

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AsparseCheckout

Bsparsecheckout

Csparse-checkout

Dsparse_checkout

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using hyphens ('sparse-checkout').

Using all lowercase without camelCase.

Using underscores ('sparse_checkout').

The correct Git configuration key to enable sparse checkout is core.sparseCheckout with camelCase. Git config keys are case-sensitive and must be written exactly as core.sparseCheckout.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to initialize sparse checkout.

Git

git sparse-checkout [1]

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Asetup

Benable

Cstart

Dinit

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'enable' instead of 'init'.

Using 'start' which is not a valid git sparse-checkout command.

Using 'setup' which is not recognized.

The command git sparse-checkout init initializes sparse checkout in the repository. It sets up the necessary configuration and files to start using sparse checkout.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to set sparse checkout paths by completing the blank.

Git

echo "[1]" > .git/info/sparse-checkout

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A/docs/

Bdocs

C/docs

Ddocs/

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting the leading slash.

Omitting the trailing slash.

Using relative paths without slashes.

When specifying paths in the sparse-checkout file, you should include the trailing slash and leading slash to indicate the directory path correctly. For example, /docs/ means the docs directory at the root.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the command that updates the working directory to match the sparse checkout settings.

Git

git [1] -u [2]

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Aread-tree

Bcheckout

C-m

D-f

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'checkout' instead of 'read-tree'.

Using '-f' instead of '-m'.

Omitting flags.

The command git read-tree -u -m updates the working directory to match the sparse checkout settings. The -u updates the working directory, and -m merges changes.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a sparse checkout config file that includes the 'src' directory, excludes 'tests', and includes 'README.md'.

Git

/[1]/
![2]/
[3]

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Asrc

Btests

CREADME.md

Ddocs

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using '!' to exclude tests.

Missing slashes for directories.

Including 'docs' instead of 'README.md'.

The sparse checkout file uses patterns to include or exclude paths. A leading slash and trailing slash indicate directories. A leading exclamation mark excludes paths. Here, /src/ includes the src directory, !tests/ excludes the tests directory, and README.md includes the README file.