Git and GitHub

1. 1. What does git clone do?

• Creates a new repository

• Copies an existing repository to your local machine

• Initializes a new branch

• Pushes changes to the remote repository

2. 2. Which command is used to initialize a new Git repository?

• git clone

• git init

• git commit

• git add

3. 3. What does the git status command do?

• Shows the current branch

• Displays the difference between staged and unstaged changes

• Lists the files that have been modified

• All of the above

4. 4. Which of the following is a popular web-based hosting service for Git repositories?

• GitLab

• GitHub

• Bitbucket

• All of the above

5. Which file is commonly used to ignore specific files or directories in Git?

• .ignore

• .config

• .gitignore

• .exclude

6. What does the git commit -m "message" command do?

• Stages all files and commits them

• Commits all staged changes with a message

• Stages and commits all changes

• Removes files from the repository with a message

7. How do you create a new branch in Git?

• git branch [branch-name]

• git new-branch [branch-name]

• git create-branch [branch-name]

• git branch-create [branch-name]

8. Which of the following commands will stage a specific file called file.txt?

• git commit file.txt

• git add file.txt

• git stage file.txt

• git push file.txt

9. 9. Which Git command allows you to view a summary of the commit history?

• git log

• git diff

• git status

• git commit

10. Which command is used to compare changes between two commits?

• git compare

• git log

• git diff

• git merge