Version control concept (Git) in Intro to Computing - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to initialize a new Git repository.

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git [1]

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Ainit

Bcommit

Cclone

Dpush

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' instead of 'init' which records changes but does not create a repo.

Using 'clone' which copies an existing repo, not creates a new one.

The git init command creates a new Git repository in the current folder.

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medium

Complete the command to save changes to the local repository.

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git [1] -m "Save changes"

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Astatus

Bpush

Cpull

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'push' which sends changes to a remote repository, not saving locally.

Using 'pull' which fetches changes from remote, not saving changes.

The git commit command saves your changes to the local repository with a message describing the changes.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to upload local commits to the remote repository.

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git [1] origin main

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Acommit

Bfetch

Cpush

Dclone

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'commit' which only saves locally.

Using 'clone' which copies a repo, not uploads changes.

The git push command uploads your local commits to the remote repository named 'origin' on the 'main' branch.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a new branch and switch to it.

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git [1] [2]

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

Acheckout

Bbranch

Cmerge

D-b

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'merge' which combines branches but does not create or switch.

Using 'status' which shows repo status but does not affect branches.

The command git checkout -b branch_name creates a new branch and switches to it. Here, checkout is used with -b option to create and switch branches.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to list all branches and show the current branch.

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git [1] && git [2] -v && git [3]

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Abranch

Bstatus

Clog

Ddiff

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'log' which shows commit history, not branches.

Using 'diff' which shows changes, not branch list.

The command git branch lists all branches and shows the current one with a star. The -v option shows last commit info. git status shows the current state of the working directory.