Why recovery skills are critical in Git - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to undo the last commit but keep changes staged.

Git

git reset --[1] HEAD~1

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Amerge

Bsoft

Cmixed

Dhard

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --hard deletes changes permanently.

Using --mixed unstages changes.

The --soft option moves the HEAD back but keeps changes staged, allowing easy recovery.

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medium

Complete the command to discard all local changes in the working directory.

Git

git checkout -- [1]

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AHEAD

Borigin

C.

Dmaster

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using HEAD does not discard untracked files.

Using branch names won't discard local changes.

The dot . means all files in the current directory, discarding local changes.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to recover a deleted branch named 'feature'.

Git

git checkout -b [1] origin/feature

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Aorigin

Bmaster

CHEAD

Dfeature

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'origin' as branch name creates a wrong branch.

Using 'master' or 'HEAD' does not recover the feature branch.

To recover a deleted branch, create a new local branch named feature tracking origin/feature.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a stash and then apply it back.

Git

git [1] && git [2]

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Astash

Bapply

Ccommit

Dpush

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commit instead of stash saves permanently.

Using push does not restore local changes.

git stash saves changes temporarily, and git apply reapplies them later.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to reset to a previous commit and discard all changes.

Git

git reset [1] [2] && git [3]

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A--hard

BHEAD~2

Cclean -fd

Dcheckout

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --soft or --mixed does not discard changes fully.

Forgetting to clean leaves untracked files behind.

git reset --hard HEAD~2 moves HEAD back two commits and discards changes. git clean -fd removes untracked files and directories.