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What are the three states of GIT?

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Working directory
Staging area
Commit - Repository (.git file) - history of changes

—–You could consider a fourth state
Remote repository

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How do you configure you user name?

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git config –global user.name “user name”

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How do you configure your email address?

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git config –global user.email “myemail@foobar.com”

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How do you get the settings for your git user?

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git config –global –list

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What is the default branch?

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master

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How do you clone a repository?

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git clone [repository link]

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What is an untracked file?

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Simply a file that hasn’t been added to a repository as yet.

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How do you add an untracked file to the staging area?

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git add [pathtofile]

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How do you see what the current status of your repository is?

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git status

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If you commit a file using commit -m, what will the state of the working directory and the staging area be?

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The working directory will be clean, and the staging area will have nothing to commit. By using git commit - you have committed the files to the repository. The third git state.

NOTE: Until you push the files to the remote repository - they are still local to your machine.

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The remote name of the repository usually defaults to ‘origin’ - when is this created?

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When you clone the repository.

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How do you push a file to the remote repository (assuming you are using the default remote repository name, and master branch)?

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git push origin master

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How do you create a new GIT project locally (no source)?

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git init [name of project]

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When you do a commit - if you see the status:
[master (root-commit)]
What does this mean?

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It’s the very first commit.

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How do you create a new git repository based on existing source?

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git init

From within the folder containing the source

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How do you add all the files within a directory so that git is tracking them, in one command?

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git add .

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How do you stop a folder being tracked by git?

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rm -rf .git

The .git file is the one inside the folder

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The unique identifier (used for commits) is what kind of hash?

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sha1

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If you fork a repository - your git repository (on github) is upstream or downstream?

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The fork is downstream - the original is upstream.

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Is commit a local or a remote command?

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local

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Before doing a push - what should we do as a best practice?

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git pull origin master

Make sure our local repository is up to date with the head.

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When you do a push - you may get a response back that looks like this:

4beb7f0..cec9347 master - master

What does it mean?

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The 4beb7f0..cec9347 are sha1 hashes that refer to the commit id’s. The left hand number is the local - the right hand number is the remote.

master - master, refers to the branch names, local master to remote master.

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How do you add and commit a file at the same time?

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git commit -am “Adding more text”

NOTE: This can only work with files that are being tracked.

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What constitutes a tracked file?

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Pretty much any state - with the exception of new files. So in staging, in the repository, editing existing file - are all tracked files.

New files have yet to be tracked, unless you use git add - filename.

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How do you get a list of all files that are being tracked?
git ls-files
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If you use git add filename - and then you edit that file name again and call git status - what will you see?
The same file will be listed twice, once as a new set of changes, and again as an existing file ready to commit. Despite the fact it's one file - it will apear like two. By calling git add on the file, you are basically merging both changes into the staging area.
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How do you add files recursively?
Adding files using "git add . " will recursively add files (up through a folder structure).
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Can you issue commands from anywhere within your git repository?
Yes - for most commands that's fine.
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How do you unstage a file?
So after using git add filename - you've decided it's not ready for a commit, you want to do more work. You can back out of the staging area by calling git reset HEAD filename
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Does unstaging a file remove the changes?
No - it simply removes the file from the staging area, and returns it to the working directory.
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How do you revert any changes made to a file in your working directory (i.e. trash the changes)?
git checkout -- filename NOTE: This discards and loses all changes
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How do you rename a file?
You can rename using the git mv comand git mv oldname newname Then you simply commit the change. NOTE: Until you commit, you can easily backout the rename, like you would normally do (git reset HEAD filename) OR You can mv on the command line. BUT - git will see htis as a deletion and an addition. To fix this, you use git add -A This will update any files that have been renamed, moved or deleted on the filesystem. Once you have done this - git status will report it as a renamed file, and no longer as a deleted and added file.
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Why should you rename your files before you make any changes?
Makes it easier for git to track the changes.
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How do you back out of a staged file rename?
it may be tempting to follow the instructions and do a git reset HEAD filename... but that will probably break in weird ays. Simply use git mv filename filename again to revert to the old filename. Git will detect there has been no net changes and git status will show no changes to be staged.
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What happens if we rename the file through finder?
Like doing it through bash - it will look like a deletion and an addition. But you cannot simply use git add -A to fix this. Because the filesystem will add a DS_Store file as well. You need to: git add filename git add -u To update the index.
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What happens if you try to delete a file using git rm filename when the file isn't tracked yet?
Git will complain - you need to use bash.
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What happens if you rm a file that wasn't being tracked?
Nothing - it just gets deleted.
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What command do you use to delete a file?
git rm filename This will automatically remove the file from the workspace and also stage the deletion.
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How do you unstage a deleted file (i..e revert that change)?
Two steps - first: git reset HEAD filename then git checkout -- filename After the reset head - the file will not be in the directory still. It will appear as though it didn't work. You need to checkout the file again to clean everything up.
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What do you do if you delete a tracked file from your working directory using bash?
git status will show the file deleted, but unstaged. Simply run: git add -A And it will detect the deletion, and stage the change for you.
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If you use rm -rf on a tree structure, how do you get git to synch with that change?
You can simply issue a git add -A command to get it up todate, and stage the change. Then you can simply commit the change.
42
How do you show help for a command (say log)?
git help log
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When you use: git log It gives you a full SHA1 identifier - how can you make that shorter?
git log --abbrev-commit This gives you an id that is probably the same as the one used in the GIT web client. And is all you really need to ID a commit.
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How can you make a git log that shows everything on one line - with a graph (ascii graph) and any additional info that may make things clearer?
git log --oneline --graph --decorate
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How can you specify a range of commits to show in a log?
git log d65d556...f5aa5b9 NOTE the ... three dots. The SHA1 identifiers are just the short versions.
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How could you get git commits for the last couple of days?
git log --since="3 days ago"
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How do you get the history of a specific file?
git log -- test.txt
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How do you get a history of changes to a file that has been renamed?
git log --follow -- level1/level1-file.txt
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How do you show information about a specific commit?
git show 0df2bed40106d95849a830f148c68901ef67f2cc This will show all the info about a specific commit (based on the SHA1 id). it shows the id, date, the author, the date and the commit message plus the diff information.
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How do you make an alias to a long or complicated command?
git config --global alias.hist "log --all --graph --oneline --decorate" NOTE the --global means it's available over all repositories. The alias.hist bit means that the alias is called 'hist'.
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Where do aliases get written to?
~/.gitconfig
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How do you create a .gitignore file?
Simply create it in the root of the repository. Format is just one entry per line. And can be any simple match to a file name *.log MyFile.txt MyFolder/ etc.
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Do you add .gitignore files to the version control?
yes.
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How do you create a global .gitignore?
In your root directory, create the following file ~/.gitignore_global
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How do you do a basic diff, for a file that is in working directory and with a non-commited change in staging?
git diff
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How do we do a diff, using the visual tool
Assuming we have setup the aliases correctly, git difftool
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How do you compare the working directory with the last commited files?
git diff HEAD | git difftool HEAD
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How do you compare whats last been staged, and the last commit?
git diff --staged HEAD
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What are the three main ways to do diffs? (i.e. wd vs staging etc...)
wd vs staging: git diff wd vs last commit: git diff HEAD staging vs last commit: git diff --staged HEAD
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If there are multiple files - git diff will catch them all, how do you specify a single file?
git diff -- README.md | this works for all scenarios
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How would you compare two commits - using diff? Say an arbitrary ID and the HEAD?
git diff 48997c6 HEAD
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How would you (using abbreviated syntax) compare the HEAD with HEAD - 1?
git diff HEAD HEAD^
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If you are doing a diff, and one side of the file is referenced by --- /dev/null, what does that mean?
The entire file was new at that point.
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How do you cycle through the files in p4Merge?
command - q | in p4merge
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How do you show the differences between the local master branch, and remote master branch?
git diff master origin/master NOTE: This works exactly the same for branches too. Left hand side is local, right hand side is remote.
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How do you list all of the branches (including remote branches)?
git branch -a
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How do you create a new branch?
git branch newbranchname
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How do you switch to the new branch?
git checkout newbranchname
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When you create a new branch, and you do a log: git log --oneline --decorate The output indicates that the HEAD and ORIGIN/HEAD and the new branch all point to the same place, why is that?
Because, until you actually commit something in the new branch - they do point to the same place. Branches are just labels.
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How do you rename a branch?
git branch -m testbranch newbranch -m for move
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How do you delete a branch?
git branch -d mybranchname
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What happens if you try to delete a branch that you are currently working on?
You can't - you have to be in a different branch.
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How can you checkout and create a branch at the same time?
git checkout -b newbranchname
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How do I compare the differences between a change in my branch, and the master branch?
git difftool master title-change
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When I am ready to merge my branch - what branch do I need to be in, the master, or the branch I am merging from?
The master branch
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How do you merge a branch?
git merge mybranch This is done from the master branch
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What is a fast-forward commit?
It's when the branch is merged directly into the main branch - and there were no issues, because the main branch was only up to the point that the new branch was branched. This can only really occur, if the master branch doesn't have any file additions between when the branch is created and merged. *-----*-----*-----* / -----*-------------------- becomes: -----*-*-----*-----*-----*
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Once you have merged a feature (from a branch) - do you need the branch anymore?
No - you can delete it.
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How do you merge a branch, while preserving the graph line (i.e. not fast forwarding)?
git merge add-copyright --no-ff *-----*-----*-----* / -----*-------------------- becomes: *-----*-----*-----* / \ -----*--------------------*-----
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If you are not fast forwarding a merge - can you still delete the branch afterwards?
Yes
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If you try to merge two branches that are in conflict, what happens?
If git can't automerge, the status of the branch becomes 'merging' - it will report unmerged paths. And you have to fix this before you can proceed.
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How do you run a graphical merge?
git mergetool (assuming that's setup) - otherwise you have to manually fix the files.
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What is a .orig file?
When you have a merge conflict, a .orig file is saved, so that you have a chance to back out if there are any issues arising from the merge. You can setup your .gitignore file to safely ignore these files so they aren't added to your repository.
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How do you delete any unstaged, untracked files?
git clean -f

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