Git Commands

Question 1

What is Git?

Answer 1

A version control system
Software that tracks and manages changes to files over time

Question 2

Repository

Answer 2

A workspace which tracks and manages files in a folder

Question 3

git status

Answer 3

Checks if I’m in a git repo and commits
also can announce if and what file has made changes

working tree clean means it’s up to date

Question 4

git init

Answer 4

Initializes empty Git repository in chosen folder (start) - hidden - one per project

Question 5

rm -rf .git

Answer 5

This will remove your entire git history for the project

Question 6

git add Chapter1.txt

Answer 6

If seen modified we can use add command and group together to get ready to commit
Can be one file or multiple

save point - staging area - stage file to be committed

Question 7

git commit -m “my message”

Answer 7

This is like a checkpoint of process of your text/code

This will name the checkpoint easy

Question 8

git log

Answer 8

This show a log of the commits for a given repository
This will show the author,date and commit messages

Question 9

git add .

Answer 9

This will stage all changes at once which is all files at once being worked on

Question 10

Add what you missed then
git commit - - amend

Answer 10

To redo a commit message update if you made a mistake one commit ago

Question 11

touch .gitignore

Answer 11

This creates a new file that will hide files or directories to save your hidden codes or and frameworks/libraries

Question 12

git branch

Answer 12

List the current branches in the repository

Question 13

git branch bugfix

Answer 13

This will create a new branch it can be best to create this in a new folder
~mkdir BugFixes

Question 14

git switch Done or /git checkout

Answer 14

This will switch to this branch for the meantime

Question 15

git switch -c Done

Answer 15

This will create a new branch and switch over all at once

Question 16

git branch -D Done

Answer 16

Must be on a different branch and this will delete a branch

Question 17

git branch -m Main/ git commit -a -m Dn

Answer 17

Must be on current branch
This will change the name of the current branch including the default branch

Question 18

git merge bugfix

Answer 18

This will merge with another branch

Question 19

git diff

Answer 19

List all the changes in the working directory shows the differences in txt/code

Question 20

git stash / git stash save

Answer 20

This helps you save changes that you are not yet ready to commit

Question 21

git stash pop

Answer 21

To remove the most recently stashed changes

Question 22

git stash apply

Answer 22

This will apply whatever is stashed away

Question 23

git restore - - source HEAD~1 app.js

Question 24

git reset <commit-hash> /
git reset hard <commit-hash></commit-hash></commit-hash>

Answer 24

Reset a repo back to a specific commit

Question 25

git revert

Question 26

git - - amend

Answer 26

To edit and change last commit message