git quiz 3

Which command would you use to force an overwrite of your local files with the master branch.

• git fetch --all; git reset --hard origin/master

• git pull origin master;

Which statement is true when you use the git add -A command?

• All new and updated files from the working directory are staged to the index.

• Only new files in the working directory are staged to the index.

Describe what is happening given these commands:

git checkout feature-user-location

git cherry-pick {123}

• The branch is switched to the feature-user-location branch, and the specified commit is applied to the branch.

• a comment is being tagged for release on the feature-user-location branch.

You find that your project has a tag and branch both named push-notifications, which causes confusion when trying to print out given reference. How can you specify which branch you want to look at?

• Use git show head/refs/push-notification

• use git show ref/push-notifications

• use git show push-notifications

Your team leader needs a list of all commits that will be moved before you perform a rebase. Which command can you use to access that information?

• git rebase -i

• git rebase -log

• git rebase -verbose

• git rebase -all

What is the operation doing given the Git commands below?

$ git bisect start

$ git bisect bad 123

$ git bisect good 234

• It performs a binary search using a known bad commit and known good commit to determine which commit introduced a bug.

• It marks a commit for deletion using a known bad commit and known good commit to determine which commit introduced a bug.

In a situation where you have several commits for a single task, what is the most efficient way to restructure your commit history?

• Squash the related commits together into a single coherent commit.

• delete the task commits and recommit with a new message.

Which of the following is true of the git push command?

• Tags are pushed to remote repository with their respective commits.

• Commits can only be tagged when they are created.

• By default a push doesn't send tags to remote repository.

• Only annotated tags are automatically pushed to the remote repository with a commit.

After pushing commits to the remote repository for the first time using the command below, what shorthand command can you use in the future?

git push - u origin master

• git push

• same as before, git push -u origin master

How would you create a custom shortcut or command across your git environment?

• Create an alias in the git config file

• Use the git custom-key command

• Assign a shortcut or command using git options file.

• Run git hotfix with the shortcut name.