Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Pushing Repository with Ignored Files to Remote

This video tutorial guides viewers through creating a new GitHub repository, setting up a remote repository, and pushing changes from a local repository. It explains how to verify the files in the remote repository and discusses the impact of a .gitignore file on which files are pushed. The tutorial concludes by demonstrating how to commit files that were previously ignored by the .gitignore file.

What is the first step in creating a new repository on GitHub?

• Naming the repository

• Creating a README file

• Setting the repository to private

• Importing an existing repository

Why is the 'U' option important when pushing changes to a remote repository?

• It imports existing repositories

• It sets the upstream branch for the local master branch

• It creates a new branch

• It ensures the repository is public

What is the role of the .gitignore file in a repository?

• It sets the repository to private

• It creates a backup of the repository

• It tracks all changes in the repository

• It specifies which files should be ignored and not pushed to the remote repository

How can you make a previously ignored file tracked and committed?

• By renaming the file

• By removing it from the .gitignore file

• By creating a new repository

• By changing the file extension

What happens to files listed in the .gitignore file when you push to a remote repository?

• They are ignored and not pushed

• They are deleted from the local repository

• They are pushed to the remote repository

• They are renamed