anki-git

Question 1

How do I add a local branch to origin?

Answer 1

git push origin branch_name

Question 2

How do you show the diff for each commit in git log?

Answer 2

git log -p

Question 3

How do you show only two last entries for git log?

Answer 3

git log -2

Question 4

Are tags automatically pushed to remotes?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

What is the difference between lightweight tags and annotated tags?

Answer 5

Annotated tags are full git objects with email, name, checksum and date. Lightweight tags are basically just the checksum stored in a file.

Question 6

How do you list all the tags?

Answer 6

git tag

Question 7

What is similar to git diff –cached in versions 1.6.1 and later?

Answer 7

git diff –staged

Question 8

What command adds staged changes to the last commit?

Answer 8

git commit –amend

Question 9

What does HEAD point to?

Answer 9

The local branch you’re currently on

Question 10

What is a branch really?

Answer 10

A file with the 40-character SHA-1 checksum of the commit it points to

Question 11

How do you create a branch and check it out at the same time?

Answer 11

git checkout -b newbranch

Question 12

What is a ‘fast forward’?

Answer 12

When you try to merge one commit with a commit that can be reached by following the first commit’s history, Git simplifies things by moving the pointer forward because there is no divergent work to merge together.

Question 13

How do you delete a branch?

Answer 13

git branch -d branchname

Question 14

Why is merging easier in Git than SVN?

Answer 14

Git determines the best common ancestor for a merge, whereas SVN forces the dev to do it.

Question 15

How do you mark a file as having resolved the merge conflict for it?

Answer 15

You stage it

Question 16

How do you see the last commit on each branch?

Answer 16

git branch -v

Question 17

How do you see which branches have been merged with the current branch?

Answer 17

git branch –merged

Question 18

How do you see which branches have work that you have not merged with the current branch?

Answer 18

git branch –no-merged

Question 19

What is a tracking branch?

Answer 19

What you get when you locally check out a remote branch. They have a direct relationship with the remote and knows where to push to and pull from.

Question 20

How do you create a local branch based on a remote branch?

Answer 20

git checkout -b branchname origin/branchname

Question 21

How do you push a local branch serverfix to remote branch awesomebranch?

Answer 21

git push origin serverfix:awesomebranch

Question 22

How do you delete a remote branch?

Answer 22

git push origin :branchname