Git

Question 1

Start tracking a folder

Answer 1

git init

Question 2

The name of the git directory inside the current folder

Answer 2

.git

Question 3

Check your current status

Answer 3

git status

Question 4

Add a new file to be tracked

Answer 4

git add

Question 5

Add all modified files to be tracked

Answer 5

git add .

Question 6

Git will unstage its version of committed file but keep mine

Answer 6

git rm –cached

Question 7

Command to update how git works

Answer 7

git config

Question 8

Update username

Answer 8

git config –global user.name “Name”

Question 9

update email

Answer 9

git config –global user.email “Email”

Question 10

List all commits git is currently tracking

Answer 10

git log

Question 11

Shows list of files included in the commit in git log

Answer 11

git log –stat

Question 12

Show list of files included in git log (not stat flag)

Answer 12

git lob –name-only

Question 13

Command for where git stores the global config file

Answer 13

cat ~/.gitconfit

Question 14

Add all files with a certain file ending

Answer 14

git add ‘*.rb’

Question 15

git preferred way to remove tracked file

Answer 15

git reset HEAD

Question 16

Git will remove my copy of the file and stage the removal of its copy

Answer 16

git rm

Question 17

Does the opposite of whatever commit you specify. Stages the result. (w/o flag git will automatically commit the undo.)

Answer 17

git revert -n

Question 18

Continue a git revert

Answer 18

git revert –continue

Question 19

Abort a git revert

Answer 19

git revert –abort

Question 20

Lets you pull files from any previous commit even if they were later deleted or destroyed

Answer 20

git checkout

Question 21

go back to the last commit

Answer 21

git reset

Question 22

find every file it knows about and “overwrite” it with the last version committed

Answer 22

git reset –hard

Question 23

Git will protect you only __________. Any untracked files can be lost

Answer 23

up to the last commit

Question 24

remove a file from the untracked location

Answer 24

rm … just rm no git

Question 25

Git takes “________” of files. When you add it to the staging area it adds that “ _______” of teh file. You can continue working on the file but you have to actually add the new edits to staging area in order to be saved

Answer 25

snapshot

Question 26

delete entire directory from command line

Answer 26

get outside of that directory. Then: rm -rf .git

Question 27

Clone directory steps

Answer 27

• Go to where you want the folder located.

- git clone

Question 28

Send new commits up to github

Answer 28

git push

Question 29

You do/do not have to push up to github after every commit.

Answer 29

Do not

Question 30

Pull changes from github down to your computer

Answer 30

git pull