Git and Github

Question 1

git config –global user.name “[name]”

Answer 1

This command sets the author name and email address respectively to be used with your commits.

Question 2

git init [repository name]

Answer 2

This command is used to start a new repository.

Question 3

git clone [url]

Answer 3

This command is used to obtain a repository from an existing URL.

Question 4

git add [file]

Answer 4

This command adds a file to the staging area.

Question 5

git add *

Answer 5

This command adds one or more to the staging area.

Question 6

git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”

Answer 6

This command records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.

Question 7

git commit -a

Answer 7

This command commits any files you’ve added with the git add command and also commits any files you’ve changed since then.

Question 8

git diff

Answer 8

This command shows the file differences which are not yet staged.

Question 9

git diff –staged

Answer 9

This command shows the differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.

Question 10

git diff [first branch] [second branch]

Answer 10

This command shows the differences between the two branches mentioned.

Question 11

git reset [file]

Answer 11

This command unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.

Question 12

git status

Answer 12

This command lists all the files that have to be committed.

Question 13

git log

Answer 13

This command is used to list the version history for the current branch.

Question 14

git branch

Answer 14

This command lists all the local branches in the current repository.

Question 15

git branch [branch name]

Answer 15

This command creates a new branch.

Question 16

git branch -d [branch name]

Answer 16

This command deletes the feature branch.

Question 17

git checkout [branch name]

Answer 17

This command is used to switch from one branch to another.

Question 18

git merge [branch name]

Answer 18

This command merges the specified branch’s history into the current branch.

Question 19

git push [variable name] master

Answer 19

This command sends the committed changes of master branch to your remote repository.

Question 20

git pull [Repository Link]

Answer 20

This command fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory.

Question 21

Contribute to an existing repository

Answer 21

change into the repo directory

git clone https://github.com/owner/repo.git

cd repo

git branch my-branch

git checkout my-branch

git add file1.md file2.md

git commit -m “my snapshot”

git push –set-upstream origin my-branch

Question 22

Start a new repository and publish it to GitHub

Answer 22

create a new directory, and initialize it with git-specific functions

git init my-repo

cd my-repo

touch README.md

git add README.md

git commit -m “add README to initial commit”

git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY-NAME.git

git push –set-upstream origin main

Question 23

How To Push Git Branch To Remote

Answer 23

$ git pull

$ git checkout my-feature

$ git merge origin/feature

$ git push origin my-feature:feature