GIT

Question 1

What is a KEY skill in learning how to code?

Answer 1

Knowing how to manage the changes I make

Question 2

What is a benefit of Git?

Answer 2

Makes controlling the different versions of my code easier for me and my team

Question 3

What are 4 very high level tasks of what a coder does daily?

Answer 3

1. Create things
2. Save things
3. Edit things
4. Save the thing again

Question 4

How does version control help me as a coder that saves things again and again?

Answer 4

It helps me track

1. When I saved a change
2. Why I saved a change
3. What the contents of the change was
4. Who was the person that made the change

Question 5

What is Version Control?

Answer 5

It is a History Tracking program

Question 6

When is Version Control truly the most beneficial?

Answer 6

When I am working on a collaboration on the same things and the same files

Question 7

What does the tool “merge” allow me to do?

Answer 7

Allows 2 simultaneous changes from me and someone else to be merged into a unified and resolved, good and final state

Question 8

What does Git’s Version Control bring to the table as benefits?

Answer 8

1. Very lightweight and modern implementation of a version control
2. Very fast
3. Provides a history of content change
4. Facilitates collaborative file changes
5. Easy for any type of knowledge workers

Question 9

Git is a distributed _____ _____ system.

Answer 9

Version Control

Question 10

Command for initializing a empty Git repository?

Answer 10

git init

Question 11

What is a Git Repository?

Answer 11

A hidden directory where Git operates

Question 12

What is the command to see the current status of my Git project?

Answer 12

git status

Question 13

What does “untracked” signal in Git?

Answer 13

That the “untracked” file is new to Git and needs to be added to the staging area so it can be tracked

Question 14

How do I add a file to the Git “staging area?”

Answer 14

“git add filename.txt” command

Question 15

Are files located in Git’s “Staging Area” in the “Repository” yet?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

How does one store the “Staged” changes in the “Repository?”

Answer 16

Run the “commit” command

Ex:
git commit -m “Add cute octocat story”

Question 17

What can I use when I want to add many files of the same type to Git’s “Repository?”

Answer 17

Wildcards (*)

Example:
git add ‘*.txt’

Question 18

What is the command to commit to all changes made?

Answer 18

git command -m ‘Add all the txt files’

Question 19

What is ‘git log’ command?

Answer 19

It is a journal command that remembers all of the changes I have committed to in the order they were committed to.

Question 20

How can I add a local “Repository” folder to the GitHub server?

Answer 20

Add a remote “Repository” folder on GitHub’s website

Question 21

What is and example of the command I would use to add a remote “Repository” folder to GitHub?

Answer 21

git remote add origin https://github.com/try-git/try_git.git

Question 22

What does the “push command” tell Git?

Answer 22

Where to place my local commit changes in the remote Git folder

Question 23

What does “origin” tell us in this command “git push -u origin master”

Answer 23

The name of the Git “remote”

Question 24

What is the default local branch name on Git remote?

Answer 24

Master

Question 25

What does the "-u" tell us in the command "git push -u origin master"

Answer 25

Tells Git to remember the parameters so that next time we can simply run "git push" and Git will know what to do

Question 26

What is the command to "push" my local commits to remote Git?

Answer 26

git push -u origin master

Question 27

How can I check for changes made in the GitHub repository and also pull down the changes made on my local repository?

Answer 27

Run the "git pull origin master" command

Question 28

How can I look at what is different from my last "commit?"

Answer 28

Run command "git diff HEAD"

Question 29

What does the "HEAD" portion of the command "git diff HEAD" tell my computer?

Answer 29

When I am asking for the differences of my most recent commit

Question 30

What are "staged files?"

Answer 30

Files I have told Git that I am ready to be committed to

Question 31

A great use for differences (diff) is looking at changes made within files that have already been _____.

Answer 31

Staged

Question 32

What command would I use to "stage" (commit) files to a repository?

Answer 32

"git add" Example: "git add octofamily/octodog.txt"

Question 33

What does the "git diff --staged" command tell the computer

Answer 33

To show me the changes that I have recently "staged" (committed to)

Question 34

How can I tell the computer to "unstage" files?

Answer 34

Using the "git reset" command. Example: "git reset octofamily/octodog.txt"

Question 35

Is a file deleted when it has been "unstaged?"

Answer 35

No, the file is still there it is just not staged

Question 36

How can I change things back to how they were at the last "commit?"

Answer 36

Run the "git checkout -- " command. Example: "git checkout -- octocat.txt"

Question 37

What does the term "branch" mean to a developer?

Answer 37

A copy

Question 38

What is helpful for developers to do when working on a feature or a bug?

Answer 38

Create a "branch" or copy of their code so they can make separate "commits" to

Question 39

How can I create a "branch?"

Answer 39

With command "git branch " Example "git branch clean_up"

Question 40

How can I see what my local "branches" are?

Answer 40

With command "git branch"

Question 41

How can I switch the "branch" I am working in?

Answer 41

Using the "git checkout " command Example: "git checkout clean_up"

Question 42

What does the "git rm | ''" command tell my computer?

Answer 42

1. "Stage" the removal of files | 2. Remove actual files from the disk

Question 43

How can I check the changes I am about to "commit" to?

Answer 43

Run "git status" command

Question 44

What command do I use to commit to the changes I want to make?

Answer 44

"git commit -m "my label of the changes I am committing to" Example: "git commit -m "Remove all the cats"

Question 45

What are the steps to copy (merge) changes made in the non-Master branch?

Answer 45

1. Switch to the "master" branch using "git checkout master" command 2. Merge the changes to the master branch with the "git merge " Example: "git merge clean_up" 3. Delete the non-master branch folder with command "git branch -d " Example: "git branch -d clean_up"

Question 46

What is the command to "push" from my local repository to Git's remote repository?

Answer 46

"git push"