Git Commands

Question 1

git init

Answer 1

Initializes the folder as the project root and as a git repository

Question 2

git add index.html

git add .

Answer 2

First adds index.html to the staging area

Second adds all files to the staging area

Question 3

git add name*

Answer 3

adds files that start with ‘name’ to the staging area

Question 4

git status

Answer 4

shows the repository status:

staged, unstaged, and untracked files

Question 5

git commit

Answer 5

opens a text editor in the terminal to write a commit message

Question 6

git commit -m “commit message”

Answer 6

writes the commit message without opening up an editor, everything in quotes is the message

Question 7

git log

Answer 7

shows the commit history

Question 8

git log -p

Answer 8

shows commit history including all files and their changes

Question 9

git diff

git diff –staged

Answer 9

git diff shows all unstaged changes

adding –staged to see staged changes

Question 10

git rm filename

Answer 10

will remove the file from the working tree and expect a commit message as to why

Question 11

git mv oldName newName

Answer 11

renames files in git, expects a commit message

Question 12

How do you ignore files in git?

Answer 12

create a .gitignore file and commit it

Question 13

git reset HEAD filename

git reset HEAD -p

Answer 13

reverts staged changes in git

-p options flag to specify the desired changes to reset

Question 14

git commit –amend

Answer 14

modifies the most recent commit

avoid if possible

Question 15

git revert HEAD

Answer 15

reverts the latest commit

Question 16

git revert commit_id

Answer 16

revert an older commit, opens up an editor for commit message

Question 17

git branch name

Answer 17

creates a new branch with the name provided

Question 18

git checkout branch

Answer 18

changes over to the declared branch

Question 19

git branch

Answer 19

lists all branches for the repository

Question 20

git checkout -b name

Answer 20

will create a branch and switch to it immediately

Question 21

git branch -d branch_name

Answer 21

will delete the declared branch

Question 22

git merge branch_name

Answer 22

merges the branch you are in with the branch declared

Question 23

git log –graph –oneline

Answer 23

shows the commit log as a graph, can use –all to show all branches

Question 24

git remove -v

Answer 24

shows all remote repositories at your local repository

Question 25

git add remote https://repo…

Answer 25

adds a remote repository to your local repository

Question 26

git push

Answer 26

pushes all changes to the remote repository

Question 27

git pull

Answer 27

retrieves the latest changes to the remote repository and performs a merge

Question 28

git fetch

Answer 28

downloads the changes from a remote repo, but will not perform a merge with your local repository

Question 29

git push -u origin branchName

Answer 29

pushes to a new ‘upstream’ branch

-u ‘upstream’

Question 30

git push -f

Answer 30

forces a push request, usually fine for pull request branches but should not be performed on public repos.

Question 31

git branch -M main

Answer 31

renames primary branch to main

Question 32

git clone https://remote.git

Answer 32

will clone a remote repository to the current directory