Git 2

Question 1

What does git log –pretty=format fo

Answer 1

It makes the output of git log with a specific format

Question 2

Mention 5 specifiers for git log –pretty=format

Answer 2

%H commit hash
%h commit abv hash
%T tree hash
%t abv tree hash
%P parent hashes
%p abv parent hashes
%ae author email
%an author name
%ad author date(respects the –date option)
%ar author relative date
%s subject

Question 3

An equivalent of git reset HEAD <file> is</file>

Answer 3

git restore –staged <file></file>

Question 4

What does git remote -v

Answer 4

It lists all the remotes with its URLs

Question 5

What does git fetch <remote> do?</remote>

Answer 5

It fetches all the branches form that remote and also creates branches <remote>/<branch></branch></remote>

Question 6

What does git pull do?

Answer 6

It fetches the remote that is set up to follow for your current branch and the merges it.

Question 7

What does git branch –move

Answer 7

Renames branch

Question 8

What is the difference between a lightweight and annotated tag

Answer 8

Lightweight tags only creates a reference to a commit, annotated are objects with its own hash that stores metadata (including a message) and the reference to the commit

Question 9

What does git tag -s do

Answer 9

-s option signs the annotated tag and