Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Stage File

The video tutorial explains the different states of files in Git, such as untracked, modified, staged, and unmodified. It demonstrates how to use the Git add command to stage files, including how to stage all files or specific files by name. The tutorial also covers verifying staged files using the Git LS command and shows how to revert a file from the staged state back to untracked. The process is demonstrated using a file named file3.txt.

What is the initial state of a new file in Git?

• Unmodified

• Untracked

• Staged

• Modified

What does the 'git add' command require to function properly?

• An argument

• A branch name

• A file name

• A commit message

How can you stage all untracked and modified files at once?

• git add *

• git add -A

• git add .

• git add all

Which command can be used to verify if a file is in the staging area?

• git status

• git verify

• git ls-files

• git check

What is the purpose of the 'git ls-files -s' command?

• To revert files to an untracked state

• To display the status of the working directory

• To show the SHA-1 hash of staged files

• To list all files in the repository