Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Listing Remote and Local Branches

The video tutorial explains the concept of branches in a GitHub repository, focusing on the master and feature branches. It covers how to list both local and remote branches using Git commands, highlighting the differences between them. The tutorial also delves into the concept of remote branches, their prefixes, and the default 'origin' server. Finally, it introduces tracking branches, explaining how a local branch can track a remote branch.

What is the default behavior of Git when you clone a repository regarding branches?

• It creates all branches locally.

• It creates only feature branches locally.

• It creates only the master branch locally.

• It creates no branches locally.

How can you list all branches, both local and remote, in a Git repository?

• git branch -r

• git branch -l

• git branch -a

• git branch -m

What prefix is used to indicate a remote branch in Git?

• git/

• branch/

• remote/

• origin/

What command would you use to list only remote branches in a Git repository?

• git branch -r

• git branch -d

• git branch -a

• git branch -l

What is a tracking branch in Git?

• A remote branch that tracks a local branch.

• A local branch that tracks a remote branch.

• A branch that tracks changes in the remote repository.

• A branch that tracks changes in the local repository.